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Chapter 09

De Grauwe, P. (2007) Economics of Monetary Union, 7th edn (Oxford: Oxford University Press). A comprehensive evaluation of the costs and benefits of monetary union followed by its present workings covering the ECB, monetary and fiscal policies and the international role of the euro.

Harris, P. and McDonald, F. (2004) European Business and Marketing, 2nd edn (London: Sage). An investigation of the strategic, organizational, marketing and operational features of various companies in the EU.

Jovanovic, M. (2005) The Economics of European Integration (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar). The author argues that monetary union and eastern enlargement have amplified existing discrepancies among the member nations. The text looks at the origin, development and potential limits and prospects of the process of European integration by considering the principal EU economic policies and discusses FDI and trans-national corporations.

Tsoukalis, L. (2005) What Kind of Europe? (Oxford: Oxford University Press). Argues that European integration is not a politically neutral process and key democratic choices are needed about trade-offs in policy stances for example, between efficiency, stability and equity.

Also: Creaton, S. (2004) Ryanair: How a Small Irish Airline conquered Europe (London: Aurum Press).

Dahlman, C., Routti, J. and Yla-Anttila, P. (2006) Finland as a Knowledge Economy (Washington DC: World Bank).

Department of Trade and Industry (2004) Trade and Investment Implications of Enlargement.

EC Com (2005) Working Together for Growth and Jobs. A New Start for the Lisbon Strategy.

EC, The Community Budget: the Facts in Figures (Luxembourg) (latest edn).

Henderson, R. (2001) European Central Bank, in International Encyclopaedia of Business and Management, ed. M. Warner, 2nd edn, Vol. 3 (Dundee: Thomson), pp. 1821-9.

Rickards, R. (2003) Currency changeover effects on business management in the EU, European Business Review, 15(1): 20-4.

Stanek, M. B. (2001) International Monetary Arrangements: the EU and the euro, European Business Review, 13(5): 279-91.