European Business Review: Volume 14 Issue 1

Multilateralism, bilateralism and unilateralism: a critical commentary on the EU’s triple‐track approach to the international dimension of competition policy

Leigh Davison, Debra Johnson

Demonstrates that the European Union (EU) has moved from a twin‐track to a triple‐track approach to the vetting of cross‐border competition concerns. The twin‐track approach is…

A firm’s driving force to implement and incorporate a business philosophy into its current business activities: the case of ECR

Göran Svensson

Focuses on a business philosophy, usually labelled efficient consumer response (ECR), applied in the retail industry. Its application in a firm’s current business activities may…

The European automobile industry: escape from parochialism

Tom Donnelly, Kemal Mellahi, David Morris

Observes that, until recently, the European car industry has focused its efforts almost entirely within the boundaries of its domestic markets. Since the rise of the Japanese car…

Foreign direct investment and employment in host regions

Frank McDonald, Heinz J. Tüselmann, Arne Heise

Investigates the role of direct foreign investment (DFI) in promoting employment in host regions in the European Union (EU). A theoretical framework is developed which suggests…

Change and continuity: British/German corporate relationships in the 1990s

John March

Revisits the debate about the attractiveness of Germany as a business location and traces developments in German inward and outward investment during the 1990s. Measures, actual…