EuropeanAmerican Trade and Financial Alliances (New Horizons in International Business series)

Nine contributions from international academics and practitioners discuss the economic and financial linkage between Europe and North America. They also outline the trade and investment rules governing this interaction. The volume opens with an analysis of the role of financial markets in economic performance in the EU and the US. Other topics include (for example) the implications of the activities of multinational enterprises for antitrust policy, and the potential impact of a US-Europe free trade agreement. The papers were originally presented at a September 2003 conference held in Halifax, Nova Scotia at Saint Mary's University In this, his final book, Gavin Boyd has brought together a distinguished group of experts on the nature and extent of transatlantic policy coordination and its implication for corporate strategy. This remarkably relevant set of papers offers a discussion on the economic and financial linkage between Europe and North America, as well as the trade and investment rules governing this interaction.The complexities of the transatlantic relationship are analyzed in chapters dealing with: financial integration, transfer of knowledge and technology, transatlantic trade and corporate partnership, transatlantic trade and investment links, simultaneous intra-regional as well as transatlantic trade and the implications for antitrust policy of the activities of multinational enterprises, structural positioning and macroeconomic policy coordination, international interdependence and the role of entrepreneurship, and the reform of international financial markets.Exploring growing transatlantic trade and investment linkages within their institutional contexts, this timely book will be invaluable to academics and researchers with an interest in international business and international economics. Practicing trade lawyers and policymakers will also find the book to be a fascinating read. In this, his final book, Gavin Boyd has brought together a distinguished group of experts on the nature and extent of transatlantic policy coordination and its implication for corporate strategy. This remarkably relevant set of papers offers a discussion on the economic and financial linkage between Europe and North America, as well as the trade and investment rules governing this interaction. The complexities of the transatlantic relationship are analyzed in chapters dealing financial integration, transfer of knowledge and technology, transatlantic trade and corporate partnership, transatlantic trade and investment links, simultaneous intra-regional as well as transatlantic trade and the implications for antitrust policy of the activities of multinational enterprises, structural positioning and macroeconomic policy coordination, international interdependence and the role of entrepreneurship, and the reform of international financial markets. Exploring growing transatlantic trade and investment linkages within their institutional contexts, this timely book will be invaluable to academics and researchers with an interest in international business and international economics. Practicing trade lawyers and policymakers will also find the book to be a fascinating read. In this, his final book, Gavin Boyd has brought together a distinguished group of experts on the nature and extent of transatlantic policy coordination and its implication for corporate strategy. This remarkably relevant set of papers offer a discussion on the economic and financial linkage between Europe and North America, as well as the trade and investment rules governing this interaction. The complexities of the transatlantic relationship are analyzed in chapters dealing with: financial integration, transfer of knowledge and technology, transatlantic trade and corporate partnership, transatlantic trade and investment links, simultaneous intra-regional as well as transatlantic trade and the implications for antitrust policy of the activities of multinational enterprises, structural positioning and macroeconomic policy coordination, international interdependence and the role of entrepreneurship, and the reform of international financial markets. Exploring growing transatlantic trade and investment linkages within their institutional contexts, this timely book will be invaluable to academics and researchers with an interest in international business and international economics The Role Of Financial Markets In Economic Performance : The Eu And The Usa / Stefano Manzocchi, Pier Carlo Padoan -- Atlantic Interdependent Knowledge-based Economies / Simona Iammarino, Daniele Archibugi -- Atlantic Commerce / John Kirton -- Structural Potentials In Atlantic Trade : Measuring The Impact Of A Us-europe Free Trade Agreement / Walid Hejazi -- The Regional Dimension Of Multinational Enterprises And Antitrust Policy / Alan M. Rugman, Alain Verbeke -- Interregional Integration : Collective Management Tasks / Gavin Boyd -- Concerting Entrepreneurship : An International Public Good / Peter J. Boettke, Christopher J. Coyne -- Institutionalizing Atlantic Structural Partnering / Gavin Boyd -- The Development And Structure Of Financial Markets In The European-american Economy / George G. Kaufman. Edited By Gavin Boyd, Alan M. Rugman, Pier Carlo Padoan. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.