Enterprise & Industry Magazine | Number 18 (2013)

Summary:

This edition of E&I Magazine outlines the perils of counterfeit products and discusses how the 'Stop Fakes' initiative aims to help weeding out counterfeits. This magazine also discusses tourism, highlighting measures that are aimed at keeping the EU market on the right track. Features were also written regarding progress made up in opening up foreign markets, following up on an standards agreement with Russia and engagement with South America.

Other articles examine how entrepreneurship education is being implemented to encourage students to create future businesses, and analyse results of the European Competitiveness report and hat needs to be don to reach the European Commission's goals for industrial growth. Finally, this issue of the magazine discusses how the key enabling technologies (KETs) sector can help industry stay competitive.

Table of Contents:

• Industrial Competitiveness
  • European campaign against counterfeit products
  • Counterfeit products fuel organised crime
  • Industrial competitiveness: Europe can do better
  • International market distortion hampers new technologies
• SMEs and Entrepreneurship
  • Educating Europe's future entrepreneurs
  • Cutting red tape to spur growth
  • New initiatives to help SMEs
• Mission for Growth
  • Objective: Uniform standards from Lisbon to Vladivostok
• Sustainable Industry/Innovation
  • Barrier-free travel: a win-win for society and EU tourism
  • Cultural Routes showcase remote destinations
  • Chemicals: reducing legal overlaps to help businesses
• Single Market
  • Removing roadblocks for citizens moving with their cars in the EU