Aidan O'Connor is Professor of Strategy and International Business at ESCEM School of Business and Management, France. He has extensive experience in banking and academia in several European countries and is Visiting Professor at the University of Osnabrück, Germany.

• PART I ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Population, Specialized Occupations and Semi-Endogenous Growth; A.Irmen Investment in Human Capital, Migration and Economic Growth; A.O'Connor Technology and Economic Growth Francisco; J.Santos-Arteaga Tax Competition; M.Braulke & J.Schimmelpfennig The Evolving Role of Industry in European Union Environmental Governance; A.Lenschow & K.Rottmann Opportunities for Firms in Reducing Greenhouse Gases through the Kyoto Protocol Flexibility Mechanisms; G.Rubagotti Water Resources and Business – Supply, Demand and Security; R.E.Martin PART II TRADE, LAW AND REGULATION Foreign Direct Investment and Developing Economies; Isabel Álvarez & Raquel Marín Basel 2 and Banking in Emerging and Other Developing Economies; A.Cornford Anti-Dumping, Countervailing Duties and Non-Market Economies; C.Dordi Trade and Customs Management: the Growing Importance of Rules of Origin; L.Carola Beretta Technical Regulations in Agricultural Trade Agreements between the European Union and Central American Countries; D.Castañeda The European Court of Justice's Jurisprudence on the Right of Review of Customs Authorities' Decisions; L.Mola PART III COMPETITIVE AND MANAGERIAL ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Intellectual Property Rights as a Means of Competitiveness; L.Manderieux Considerations for Trade of Terms of Sales, Documentary Collections and Documentary Credits; A.Di Meo Knowledge as a Guiding Principle in the Organization of International Marketing Departments in Service Firms; E.Stevens Managing International Projects through Virtual Communications; A.Knaden & S.Schlangen Futurescope 2020: Global Management Support Systems in the Knowledge Age; K.A.Szabat  & M.Tavana