European Commission


No Longer Quiet On The Western Front

Apr 1, 1983

Common Market countries are launching a promising initiative to help small business growth. Small businesspeople in the United States should carefully monito...  Read story

Mature Companies Attract Bulk of Venture Capital

By Daniel Del'Re |  Oct 12, 2005

Oct. 12, 2005 --U.S. and European trade officials fear that Read story

European Union (EU)

The European Union (EU), formerly known as the European Community (EC), was formed in the 1950s to encourage and oversee political and economic cooperatio...  Read story

U.S. Maintains Innovation Edge Over European Nations

By Michael Aneiro

Dec. 14, 2004 --In the face of an increasingly global economy, the United States has actually widened its advantage over most European nat...  Read story

Will Europe Blow It?

By Joel Kotkin |  Dec 1, 1989

Small European companies worry that 1992's unified market will bring in a suffocating bureacracy of red tape, regulation, and centralization.  Read story

Small Business

Most people get their definition of "small business" from personal experience in dealing with small retail stores and service organizations. Most people a...  Read story

Registry: Who's Who in Small-Business Research

By Karen E. Carney |  May 15, 1995

Sixteen thumbnail sketchs of the country's leading small-business economists, complete with e-mail addresses.  Read story

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