Measuring and Benchmarking the Structural Adjustment Performance of EU Industry

The manufacturing industry in Europe has for decades been through a process of structural changes. Nevertheless, now more than ever before, the current economic crisis highlights the need for a better understanding and more insights into the adjustment performance of economic sectors. The study is quite experimental in analysing adjustment performance in 23 sectors in 14 countries, and to some extent also descriptive in nature. However, the study has revealed some interesting features of adjustment performance which call for further and more detailed studies, which will benefit from a better access to harmonised, European industrial statistics.

European Commission: DG Enterprise and Industry: Publications http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/publications/index_en.htm

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