The Effectiveness of EU Business Associations

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction: Conference Issues and Themes....Pages 1-11
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Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of Business Associations: a Review....Pages 15-29
European State Formation and its Impact on Associational Governance: Will Business Interest Association (BIA) Systems become Centralised at the EU Level?....Pages 30-45
Governance and the Role of Associations in Economic Management: a Response from an EU Public Affairs Practitioner....Pages 46-52
The Importance of Institutions to Associations: Evidence from the Cross-National Organisation of Business Interests Project....Pages 53-63
Large Firms and the Transformation of EU Business Associations: a Historical Perspective....Pages 64-78
Challenges and Opportunities for Business Associations: Autonomy and Trust....Pages 79-84
The Changing Environment for Trade Associations and Strategies for Adaptation....Pages 85-98
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The Impact of the CEFIC Reforms upon the Associational Sector....Pages 101-108
The Case of EURELECTRIC: the Impact of Deregulation upon EU Business Associations....Pages 109-114
The Impact of Changing Sectoral Definition upon Associability: the Convergence of Business Interests in the Information and Communications Technology Sector in Europe....Pages 115-121
The Impact of Sector Change upon EU Business Associations....Pages 122-125
New Models of Large Firm Collective Action....Pages 126-130
EU Business Associations: Meeting the needs of Europe’s Service Sectors?....Pages 131-142
Association Management Companies as Change Agents....Pages 143-153
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Employer vs. Product Market Associations: Different Dynamics in Associational Governance?....Pages 157-170
National Members and their EU Associations....Pages 171-181
How SMEs can Influence the Effectiveness of European Business....Pages 182-193
The European Round Table of Industrialists: Still a Unique Player?....Pages 194-205
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Globalisation and the Future of Associational Governance....Pages 209-222
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Conclusions....Pages 223-233
Back Matter....Pages 234-263