The European Socio-Economic Models of a Knowledge-based society. Main findings and conclusions

Bruno AMABLE (Université Paris I and CEPREMAP) and Yannick LUNG (GREThA-GRES)

Cahiers du GRES from Groupement de Recherches Economiques et Sociales

Abstract: The paper presents the main results and conclusion of the European project ESEMK (FP6, Priority 7) discussing the variety of capitalism within the European Union (2004-08). In Part 1 is abstracted the methodological framework, articulating the macro levels (diversity of socio-economic models or forms of capitalism), the micro level of firms (productive models) and the meso level (industry or sector). Part 2 analyses the main institutional changes occurring in Europe regarding product market regulation, wage-labour relationships and financialisation. Part 3 concludes that the Lisbon process which will not contribute to the emergence of a European model.

Keywords: variety of capitalism; European Union; European model; product market regulation; wage labour nexus; financialisation; sectorial analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B52 E02 G10 J60 L22 L52 L62 L65 L66 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008

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