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Europe's challenges Economic Efficiency and Social Solidarity
Urban Europe's Challenges
Sabine Urban (Ed.)
Europe' sChallenges Economic Efficiency and Social Solidarity With the contributions of: Hanns A. Abele, Jürgen G. Backhaus, Adamantios Diamantopoulos & Heidi Winklhofer, Peter Eichhorn, Mare Gaudry & Ulrich Blum & John McCallum, Lewis D. Johnson, William Kingston, Wim Kösters, Giovanni Palmerio, Marina Ricciardelli, Youri Roubinski, Waldfried Schliesser, Peter Standish, Horst Steinmann & Albert Löhr, Jim Stewart
GABLER
Sabine Urban is a Professor at Strasbourg University (Robert Schuman) and heads the CESAG (Centre of Managerial Research)/l.E.C.S. which is affiliated to it. She teaches international economics and corporate strategies in several universities both in France and abroad, and is in charge of the International Commerce degree at the I.E.C.S.European Management School. She sits on the board of several industrial and financial firms. Her main research fields are International Business and European economy. Acknowledgement The editor is grateful to the Societe des Amis des Universites de l' Academie de Strasbourg and 10 the Conseil General du Bas-Rhin for their financial support. Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahme Europe's challenges : economic efficiency and social solidarity / Sabine Urban (ed.). With the contributions of: Hanns Abele ... - Wiesbaden: Gabler, 1996 NE: Urban, Sabine [Hrsg.J; Abele, Hanns
ISBN 978-3-409-13246-6 ISBN 978-3-663-13432-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-663-13432-9 Copyright © Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 1996 Originally pub1ished by Betriebswirtschaftlicher Verlag Dr. Th. Gabler GmbH, Wiesbaden in 1996. Publishing editors: Barbara Roscher/Annegret Heckmann No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means: electronic, magnetic type, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without permission in writing from the publisher.
Preface
The current work is the third volume in the se ries "Europe's Economic Future", edited by Strasbourg's Robert Schuman University, under the direction of Professor Sabine Urban, head of the CESAG-IECS research center. This series intends to analyze the European situation - not through idealized models of operation or abstract schemas - rather based on concrete observations, equally elose to the actions and the life of the European citizen as of Europe's corporations and institutions. The studies that are presented here are not, however, simply descriptions; they refer to precise conceptual frameworks and nourish a long-term reflection. This volume, like its predecessors, reflects the diversity which characterizes Europe, rich and stimulating but, at the same time, difficult to manage. Spectacular advances are followed by moments of hesitation. With European construction, new processes of adaptation and new competitive strategies must be implemented by businesses. Public authorities must respect the convergence constraints imposed by the European Union (Maastricht
