Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I: FROM GLOBAL CHALLENGES TO THE GLOBAL AGE? -- Introduction -- 1 States and Firms: A Race to Accumulate Resources -- 2 Globalizing the Intelligent Organization -- 3 Rethinking State and Citizenship under Globalized Conditions -- PART II: EUROPE AND INTERNATIONALIZATION -- Introduction -- 4 The Impact of Globalization on the European Economy
5 European Governments and Labour Relations: Convergence or Divergence?6 Real Wages and the Taxation of Labour Income in the European Union -- PART III: THE CREATIVE FIRM IN THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT -- Introduction -- 7 External Financial Accounting and Reporting in Dutch, European and Global Perspective -- 8 Diversity of Employee Participation in Europe -- 9 Innovation Management in SMEs -- 10 Crossing Borders Through Virtual Teams -- PART IV: INNOVATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SPATIAL POLICY IN A EUROPEAN CONTEXT -- Introduction
11 The Global-Local Interplay in Rural Regions12 Environmental Policy Arrangements: A New Concept -- 13 Globalization and the Narrative Repertoire of Contemporary Water Management -- 14 EU and Agro-Politics -- 15 Borders and Interaction -- 16 German-Dutch Policy Networks on Transboundary Nature Conservation -- 17 The Cultural Historical Factor in Spatial Planning: A New Policy Instrument
