European Business Review: Volume 94 Issue 2

Public Procurement in the Single European Market: Policy and Prospects

M.R.H. Uttley, K. Hartley

The removal of discriminatory public procurement has presented a majorpolicy issue for the European Community in the move towards the 1992Single European Market. Considers three…

The Impact of the Single European Market on Cross Border Mergers in the UK Manufacturing Industry

Kenneth Jansson, Michael Kirk‐Smith, Stephen Wightman

Cross‐border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are one way in which ECcompanies are meeting the challenge posed by the competitive threats ofthe Single European Market. Research in…

Direct Investment from the EC: : Recent Trends in the West Midlands Region and their Implications for Regional Development and Policy

Clive Collis, David Noon, Nigel Berkeley

Examines trends in the flows of direct investment to the West Midlandsregion of the UK during the 1980s. An analysis of Invest in BritainBureau data reveals two trends of…

The Role of Tourism in the EC and Prospects for Eastern Europe

Jeffrey Harrop

Analyses the economic effects of international tourism on EC memberstates. Tourism has been a neglected transactions indicator for ECintegration. Emphasis is given to the…

If Europe Is to Compete

John C. Groth

Focuses on what it will take for Western Europe to compete in the comingdecades. Attention is given to the nature of competition in the marketsand the likely trends and…