Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.