Competitiveness and growth in Europe. Lessons and policy implications for the Lisbon Strategy

Abstract:
This book contributes fresh theoretical and empirical evidence on competitiveness and growth in connection with the commitment made by European leaders at the Lisbon Summit in 2000 to ‘render the European Union the most competitive and dynamic knowledge based economy in the world by 2010, capable of sustainable economic growth, with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion’.

Until now, there has been little in-depth economic analysis of the objectives and policy implementations of the Lisbon Strategy. Competitiveness and Growth in Europe aims to fill this gap by contributing to a better and deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities of the Lisbon Strategy. This book presents, in a coherent framework, policy relevant research on the main aspects of the Lisbon Agenda: the determinants of growth, cohesion strategies and the role of institutions, education, R&D and technological progress in economic performance.

It will be of particular interest to researchers and policy makers working in the fields of competitiveness and growth in the context of economic and monetary integration as well as to academics of European studies in general.

Contents:
Part I: Overview
1. Competitiveness and Growth in Europe: An Overview - Susanne Mundschenk, Michael H. Stierle, Ulrike Stierle-von Schütz and Iulia Traistaru

Part II: The Lisbon Strategy: Main Challenges and Achievements
2. Economic Growth in Europe: Pursuing the Lisbon Strategy - Adriaan Dierx and Fabienne Ilzkovitz
3. Elements and Determinants of Economic Growth: Lessons and Policy Implications for the European Knowledge Society and Innovation System - Peter Nijkamp
4. Lessons from 20 Years of Cohesion - John Fitz Gerald
5. Does the European Union Need to Revive Productivity Growth? - Bart van Ark

Part III: Research Lessons and Policy Implications for the Lisbon Strategy
6. Is the American Model Miss World? Choosing Between the Anglo-Saxon Model and a European-Style Alternative - Henri L.F. de Groot, Richard Nahuis and Paul J.G. Tang
7. The Impact of Institutions on the Employment Threshold in European Labour Markets, 1979–2001 - Christian Dreger
8. European Productivity Gaps: Is R&D the Solution? - Christoph Meister and Bart Verspagen
9. Measuring Inventive Performance of the OECD Countries Using Triadic Patent Families: Reinventing the Lisbon Challenge - Marc Baudry and Béatrice Dumont
10. Education, Research, and Economic Growth: Some Tests for the US and Germany - Volker Caspari, Jens Rubart and Günther Rehme