This report presents a novel, network-based approach to map the global positioning of the EU across industrial ecosystems, benchmarking against other geographic areas, in particular the United States and China. Building on the DGTES methodology, initially applied to the digital ecosystem, we ext...

The Enterprise Europe Network is a beacon of support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including start-ups, with international ambitions. As one of the world’s largest business support networks, it brings together experts from over 500 leading organisations around the globe to help ...

This publication looks at the role played by business services within the European economy and traces their recent development through the use of short-term business statistics (STS). It identifies a range of services that escaped the dramatic downturn associated with the crisis and shows that s...

In the light of future EU enlargement, the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) has started to expand its coverage of industrial relations developments to the candidate countries. From June 2002, EIRO has begun to report regularly on industrial relations events and issues in the cand...

Digitalisation is transforming business landscapes and the world of work, and redefining the boundaries of production, consumption and distribution. This has created tremendous opportunities, as new products, processes and techniques have emerged, but has also created threats, as new ways of emp...

Industrial relations developments in Europe 2004 provides a comparative overview of the most significant industrial relations developments during the year. The report looks at the main developments in social dialogue at European level and outlines the year’s most significant legislative developm...