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- Peaceful coexistence
- Today's knowledge-driven businesses run not on brawn but on thinking, imagination and commitment. It is therefore natural that Europe's industrial relations should be taking on a more human aspect, as employers and employees learn to work with each other rather than at cross purposes. In tune with globalisation, they are also learning to work together at European level.
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- Shattering the glass ceiling
- What you do with a ladder that half the population cannot climb? Rebuild it so that everyone has the opportunity to get to the top, right? This is the conclusion the European Commission has now reached concerning the progress of women in science.
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- Don't analyse what you don't understand
- Investment analysts are powerful people, but do they give us the best advice? A survey of investment analysts in venture capital firms and banks shows that many of them admit to not having as much technical training as they would like. There is a market for better training in fast-moving technology areas, says this report.
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- Out of the lab, into the market place
- Some of the fastest-growing SMEs - the driving force behind future economic growth - owe their existence to the transfer of academic research results to the 'real world'. How well does this process function, and what can be done to promote it?
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- The measure of all things EU
- Economic statistics can describe everything from world trade cycles to how we spend our money at the supermarket. This concise yet detailed economic overview shows how the EU fits into the world economy, and highlights the characteristics of the member states and candidate countries.
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December 2001