European Business

As a result of the budgetary crises facing many European economies, the third edition of European Business is published at a time of turbulence in the European Business environment. The resulting uncertainty has put at risk those features which have made Europe unique – the market and policy integration which has shaped the strategy of businesses with a European presence during the preceding decades.

This new edition assesses the importance of the key features of integration for business and how individual member states affect the integration process and bring diversity to European business. In recognition of the ever increasing interdependence of Europe with the rest of the world, this new edition of European Business also puts greater emphasis on the links between Europe and the world’s other main regions.

Debra Johnson is Lecturer in European and International Business in the Marketing and Business Strategy department at the University of Hull, UK

Colin Turner is Head of the Department of Business at the School of Management and Languages at Heriot Watt University, UK