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The strategic implications of European Union expansion for mobile telecommunications companies

European Business Review, 2005
Purpose – The European Union (EU) has recently been significantly enlarged with the addition of ten countries. This was expected to induce telecommunications operators in the original EU15 to invest heavily in operators in the accession countries. This paper seeks to analyse the extent to which this has occurred in practice.Design/methodology/approach –
Curwen, P.J., Whalley, J.L.
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European Union Expansion: The Old And The New

2011
Cyprus is an island of some 3,600 square miles in a strategic location at the crossroads of three continents in the eastern Mediterranean. The majority population has coexisted with minority communities, the largest of which is that of the Turkish Cypriots, most of whose ancestors arrived on the island after the Ottomans conquered Venetian-controlled ...
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Perception of barriers for expansion of electricity grids in the European Union

Energy Policy, 2012
Abstract Many of the scenarios for decarbonising the European energy system involve the integration of large-scale and decentralised renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power. However, such integration requires substantial and rapid improvements to the existing transmission grids.
Battaglini, A., Komendantova, N., Brtnik, P., Patt, A.   +3 more
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Civilization and international society: the case of European Union expansion

Contemporary Politics, 2008
Joining a society of some kind requires the fulfillment of certain standards. In international society, states acknowledge the need for certain collective standards of international conduct if international order is to be maintained. The first truly global application of international norms took place during the nineteenth century through the process ...
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Determinants of Japanese Banks’ Expansion in the European Union

1999
The Japanese banks exhibited enormous growth in the 1980s; of particular interest was the growth of their international banking activity. This paper examines the determinants of Japanese banks’ dramatic expansion in the European Union between 1977–91.
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Positive Effects of a Decentralized Fiscal Expansion in the European Monetary Union

Journal of Economic Issues, 2008
This paper aims to show how state intervention within the European Monetary Union can have positive effects not only on growth but also on public balances and debt. The relation between centralized monetary policy and decentralized fiscal policy partly solves the lack of coordination between the two. Each time a fiscal expansion in an EU country is not
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The European Union, expansion of policy-making, and defense industrial policy

Journal of European Public Policy, 1997
Abstract While the Treaty of Rome allowed member states to establish policies governing the trade in and production of armaments at the national level, the European Union (EU) has gradually been expanding its influence in defense industry matters. This article traces the history of EU involvement in defense industrial policy, with an emphasis on events
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The European Union and expansion - potential borders of the European Union

2015
The current research reviews the topic of the potential future borders of the European Union in great details. It uses the combined methodological approach involving the qualitative and quantitative assessment of the economic, political, geographical, and civilization factors of the EU member countries and its potential members.
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Expansion of European Union: “Northern Dimension”

World Economy and International Relations, 2000
L. Razumnova, O. Baltenkova
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Human and environmental safety of carbon nanotubes across their life cycle

Nature Reviews Materials, 2023
Dana Goerzen, Matteo Pasquali
exaly