The Effectiveness of EU Business Associations

Introduction: Issues and Themes PART 1: UNDERSTANDING THE ENVIRONMENT Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of Business Associations: a review European State Formation and its Impact on Associational Governance: Will Business Interest Association (BIA) systems become centralized at the EU-level The Role of Associations in Economic Management - A response from a practitioner The Importance of Institutions to Associations: Evidence from the Cross-National Organisation of Business Interests Project Large Firms and the Transformation of EU Business Associations: A Historical Perspective Challenges and Opportunities for Business Associations: Autonomy and Trust The changing environment for trade associations and strategy for adoption PART 2: CHANGE AGENTS AND MANAGING CHANGE The Impact of the CEFIC reforms upon the Associational Sector The Case of EURELECTRIC: The Impact of Deregulation upon EU Business Associations The Impact of Changing Sectoral Definition upon Associability: the Convergence of Business Interests in the Information and Communications Technology Sector in Europe The Impact of Sector Change upon EU Business Associations New Models of Large Firm Collective Action EU-Business Associations: meeting the needs of Europe's Service Sectors? Association Management companies as Change Agents PART 3: CROSS SECTORAL AND EMPLOYERS ORGANISATIONS Employer v Product Market Associations: Different Dynamics in Associational Governance? National Members and Their EU Associations How SMEs can influence the Effectiveness of European Business The European Round Table of Industrialists: Still a Unique Player? PART 4: CONCLUSIONS Globalization and the Future of Associational Governance Conclusions