The fundamental objective of the EU regional policy is to reduce differences in development between regions in Europe. EU is directing structural funds to the regions which need help, and in that way EU helps to raise the level of employment and living standards. Financing is based on 4 main...

La construction d'une Europe sociale est un thème récurrent dans l'histoire de l'Union souvent présentée comme trop libérale. En vertu du principe de subsidiarité les questions sociales relèvent pour l'éssentiel de la compétence de chaque État membre plutôt que de l'Union. Qu'il...

Public administration reform is a very important area of Croatian EU accession negotiations. The main criticism regarding the Croatian public administration is addressed towards its size and inefficiency. Public administration reforms run slowly. The existing legal and administrative system in...

The current volume represents the outcome of the international conference “National and European Values of Public Administration in the Balkans,” organised in Bucharest on 15-16 July 2011. The conference has been organised by Jean Monnet research network dedicated to “South-Eastern...

Mergers and acquisitions represent prominent phenomenon of the developed capitalist world. Growth of the company through mergers and acquisitions provides access to new markets and resources, and the success or failure is of great importance not only for the companies involved in these...

Until two years ago the majority of the world and the EU distinguished economists were convinced that the EU may proceed more quickly and efficiently forward into a brighter future abolishing Keynesian macroeconomic management and the welfare state and bringing back "flexible markets" following...