Consistency and Viability of Capitalist Economic Systems develops an original analytical framework to understand the relationship between the economic, political, and ideological structures, the external environment, and the process of reform that give rise to certain economic systems by...

This book is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This report transfers the Ecological Scarcity Method (ESM) to the EU and its 28 member states. It provides a powerful tool for unbiased environmental assessments in enterprises and surveys the current impacts and the targets published...

Demographic trends put a burden on EU pension provision. As the sustainability of pension systems is addressed by current pension reforms, lower benefit levels are projected. In this scenario, households may want to consider supplementing their public pension income. As their own residence is on...

This book integrates three levels of political-economic analysis: first a comparative institutional analysis of the varieties of capitalism in both Europe and Asia, second a macroeconomic analysis of industrial structural change and economic dynamics of the national economies in Europe and Asia,...

The ‘Troika’ is a word that is scorched into the narrative of the EU’s banking and economic crisis - a triumvirate constituted by the European Central Bank, the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund. The modus operandi of the Troika is defined by the authors of this book...

1. Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences: the Role of Financial Studies -- 2. Risk and Pricing on the Italian Minibond Market -- 3. Exploring Factors Influencing the Success of Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns: Findings from Italy -- 4. From seeker side to investor side: gender dynamics in UK equity...

Definition of performance management in tenders -- Identification of Contracting Authorities’ scope of action -- Discussion of performance-oriented measures -- Investigation of starting price publication -- Analysis of starting price precision -- Derivation of managerial and regulative...

1. A Hierarchy of Threats -- 2. The survival of the Euro: whatever it takes -- 3. Immigration: what now? -- 4. Populism -- 5. The EU's Illiberal Democracies -- 6. The EU, China and their changing relations -- 7. Re-invigorating the EU Project -- 8. Conclusion

1. The EU Food Sector -- 2. EU Food Law: A Very Short Introduction -- 3. EU Food Quality Policy: Geographical Indications -- 4. Public and Private Food Standards -- 5. Health and Nutrition: Policy, Consumer and Industry Perspectives -- 6. Future Developments in the EU Food Sector -- 7. A Public...

1. Introduction -- 2. Bioeconomy Economics and Policy -- 3. European Integration: A Historical Overview -- 4. European Agriculture and the Bioeconomy: A Historical Overview -- 5. EU Institutions and Decision Making Processes -- 6. EU Budgetary Politics and Its Implications for the Bioeconomy --...