IRAJ HASHI is Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Research on Emerging Economies (CREE) at Staffordshire University Business School, UK. He has been involved in research and consultancy on industrial competitiveness, enterprise restructuring, bankruptcy and reorganisation, privatisation and corporate governance, and SME development and policy in a number of transition countries (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Kosovo, Poland, Romania and Russia). His previous publications include: Enterprise Exit Processes in Transition Economies (with Leszek Balcerowicz a

• Introduction and Overview; A.Wziatek-Kubiak & I.Hashi How do the New Member States Cope with Competition in the EU Market?; A.Wziatek-Kubiak & I.Magda Can Government Policy Influence Industrial Competitiveness: Evidence from Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic; I.Hashi, D.Hajdukovic & E.Luci Interdependency of Real Exchange Rate, Trade, Innovation, Structural Change and Growth; P.J.J.Welfens Divergent Growth Rates in CEECs: An Alternative View; M.Brandmeier Networking and Competitiveness; R.Woodward & P.Wójcik The Process of Structural Change in Polish Manufacturing in 1995-2003 and its Determinants; K.Marczewski & K.Szczygielski Structural Change, Productivity and Performance: Evidence from Irish Manufacturing; M.O'Donnell What Drives Trade Specialization in the New EU Member States?; D.Borbély Specialization and Integration of Accession Countries into the EU Market: An Alternative View; M.Brandmeier Policy Implications for New and Old Member States of the EU; J.N.Ferrer & D.Kernohan