This new edition has been fully updated in order to reflect the fast moving changes and economic instability that has occurred in European Business over the last few years. With a raft of pedagogical features including: case studies, discussion questions and a companion website, this key text remains a must-read for students of the discipline.

Part I: A Portrait of Europe - Squaring the Circle of Continuing Diversity and Greater Integration 1. A Portrait of Europe 2. European Business: Structure and Performance 3. The Evolution of European Integration 4. Europe's Institutional Framework Part II: The Business Environment and Market Integration 5. The Single European Market: Towards a new phase of market integration 6. European Competition Policy: The guardian of integrated markets 7. Promoting Structural Change: EU industrial and enterprise policy 8. Economic and Monetary Union: A step too far for European integration? 9. The European Citizen and Consumer Part III: Inputs and Factors of Production 10. Transport: Towards efficient and effective mobility 11. Energy Policy: The quest for competitive, clean and secure energy supplies 12. Environment Policy: A green light for competitiveness? 13. A Digital Agenda for Europe: Creating the inclusive information economy 14. European Labour Markets and the Search for Flexibility Part IV: Europe and the Rest of the World 15. Europe in a Global Context 16. Engaging with the European Space: Enlargement and neighbourhood policy 17. European Business in a Global Context: The developed world 18. European and the BRICs: Opportunity or threat? 19. Europe and the Least Developed Countries: Trade, aid and the ACP states