This article reports the results of a questionnaire-based survey of externally controlled manufacturing plants in Trier, a peripheral region of the Federal Republic of Germany. Characteristics of the externally controlled plants are compared to those of independent plants in order to evaluate...

[eng] European financial market integration : priority for competition and diversity . Shaping the European financial markets remains an important political task. The political discussion on this issue has recently gained momentum at national and European levels. Therefore, stability and...