Description
The article discusses the concept of competitiveness and how it is used in economic policy. It also looks at the relationship between competitiveness and community objectives, diversity, subsidiarity, and EU industrial policy. The article also discusses the impact of European enlargement and further integration on competitiveness.
What does competitiveness mean? In recent years, discussion of economic policy has become dominated by the notion of competitiveness. In this volume, a group of leading economists explore the issue through cross-country comparisons and by means of single country case studies. They also examine the relationship between competitiveness and community objectives, the co-existence of diversity, subsidiarity and EU industrial policy, the impact of European enlargement and further integration.