Europe’s Economic Future: Aspirations and Realities

1. Introduction.- 2. Italy in the European context: ability, credibility and possibilities.- 3. Economic Convergence: An Aspiration Unfulfilled.- 4. The Consequences of Subsidiarity in the Maastricht Treaty for Fiscal Federalism.- 5. The Evolution in European Trade Statistics Following the Opening of the „Single Market“.- 6. The Changing Face of Accounting in the European Union.- 7. The European Insurance Industry -Today and Tomorrow.- 8. Some Trends in Distribution and Retailing in Europe.- 9. European Business-to-Business Relationships of Baden-Württemberg’s Firms -Results of an Empirical Study.- 10. Intracultural Groupthink Demonstrated in the Area of Leadership Behaviour.- 11. Human Resources in Eastern Germany in the Transformation Process from the Planned Economy to the Free Market.- 12. The Transformation of Czechoslovakia.- 13. Steps Towards an Enlarged Europe -And Their Limits.