Enterprise Europe

European Commission Directorate-General For Enterprise And Industry

Description

Enterprise policy news and reviews17, October-December 2004
Enterprise policy
Target audience: Specialised/Technical

Informations

• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-ENTERPRISE-AND-INDUSTRY
• Nombre de lectures: 38
• Langue: English

Extrait

17 October–December 2004

SMEs Scaled down action for scaled up opportunities

NEW ECONOMY Keeping watch on e-business

SINGLE MARKET Standardisation in a changing landscape GLOBAL MARKETPLACE Business bridges transcend troubled waters

European Commission

ISSN 1680-0516

Enterprise policy news and reviews Published by the European Commission’s Enterprise Directorate-General

Emissions trading: the credible approach

PAGES 4 TO 6

EDITORIAL Nurturing competitiveness 3 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Emissions trading: the credible approach 4

SMEs Scaled down action for scaled up opportunities 7 - More keys for smaller openings - Listening closely to small voices - Big values for small businesses NEW ECONOMY Keeping watch on e-business 12

Publishing

Enterprise Europeis a free-of-charge newsletter published quarterly in 11 languages by the European Commission’s Enterprise Directorate-General.

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October-December 2004

October–December 2004

SMEs Scaled down action for scaled up opportunities NEW ECONOMY Keeping watch on e-business SINGLE MARKET Standardisation in a changing landscape GLOBAL MARKETPLACE Business bridges transcend troubled waters

Emissions trading: the credible approach European PAGES 4 TO 6 Commission Next year, the European Union’s emissions trading scheme comes into force, designed to ensure that industry can remain competitive while helping meet environmental goals.

SINGLE MARKET Standardisation in a changing landscape 14 GLOBAL MARKETPLACE Business bridges transcend troubled waters 16 Building a global business network 19 Charting a course for Euro- Mediterranean cooperation 20

FOR THE RECORD Turning research into reality 23 Your opinion, please 23

Editorial information Enterprise Europeaims to show how fostering enterprise, innovation andentrepreneurship can help create a Europe of sustained economic growth, with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion. europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/library/enterprise-europe Our website offers electronic versions of current and past editions of Enterprise Europe, regularNews Updates, and online subscription to the free newsletter and e-mail alert service. A wealth of further information is available online at: europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise

Editor: Hugh Barton-Smith E-mail: [e-mail]

Offline subscriptions: European Commission Enterprise Europe (SC15-1/161) B-1049 Brussels Fax [phone] Photographs for this edition were  European Communities, 2004 supplied by B.&G. Ventilation Ltd, Reproduction is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged. Airflow World Group Ltd, Photos.com, and the European Commission. Catalogue No: NB-BH-04-017-EN-C

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