George Chobanov is Professor at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski and former Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.Jürgen Plöhn is Professor of Economics and Politics at EBC University of Applied Sciences Hamburg and Professor of Political Science at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg.

• Contents: Jürgen Plöhn: Editorial – Corbett F. Gaulden: Fiscal Mischief and Fiscal Constraint in the European Crisis – George Chobanov/Teodor Sedlarski: On the Economic Policy Dilemma: Economic Darwinism versus Interventionism – Jean-Pierre Gern: Is Competitiveness Development Self-defeating Trough its Impact on Social Structures and Values? – Luca Bartocci/Francesca Picciaia: Beyond State and Market: Towards a Participated Governance of Local Public Utilities? – Christian Scheiner/Christian Baccarella/Stephan Hohenadl/Kai-Ingo Voigt: Embedded Systems in the European Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg - A Cluster Development Analysis – Stefka Iankova: Main Factors of Success in Mergers and Acquisitions’ Performance – Joachim Schwalbach: Sustainability: Why the Honourable Merchant Wins in the End – Dieter Flämig: Social and Economic Strategies for a Sustainable Society – Andreas Scholz-Fleischmann: Infrastructure Economy as a Nucleus for More Sustainability.

George Chobanov is Professor at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski and former Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.Jürgen Plöhn is Professor of Economics and Politics at EBC University of Applied Sciences Hamburg and Professor of Political Science at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg.

• Contents: Jürgen Plöhn: Editorial – Corbett F. Gaulden: Fiscal Mischief and Fiscal Constraint in the European Crisis – George Chobanov/Teodor Sedlarski: On the Economic Policy Dilemma: Economic Darwinism versus Interventionism – Jean-Pierre Gern: Is Competitiveness Development Self-defeating Trough its Impact on Social Structures and Values? – Luca Bartocci/Francesca Picciaia: Beyond State and Market: Towards a Participated Governance of Local Public Utilities? – Christian Scheiner/Christian Baccarella/Stephan Hohenadl/Kai-Ingo Voigt: Embedded Systems in the European Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg - A Cluster Development Analysis – Stefka Iankova: Main Factors of Success in Mergers and Acquisitions’ Performance – Joachim Schwalbach: Sustainability: Why the Honourable Merchant Wins in the End – Dieter Flämig: Social and Economic Strategies for a Sustainable Society – Andreas Scholz-Fleischmann: Infrastructure Economy as a Nucleus for More Sustainability.

George Chobanov is Professor at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski and former Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.Jürgen Plöhn is Professor of Economics and Politics at EBC University of Applied Sciences Hamburg and Professor of Political Science at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg.

• Contents: Jürgen Plöhn: Editorial – Corbett F. Gaulden: Fiscal Mischief and Fiscal Constraint in the European Crisis – George Chobanov/Teodor Sedlarski: On the Economic Policy Dilemma: Economic Darwinism versus Interventionism – Jean-Pierre Gern: Is Competitiveness Development Self-defeating Trough its Impact on Social Structures and Values? – Luca Bartocci/Francesca Picciaia: Beyond State and Market: Towards a Participated Governance of Local Public Utilities? – Christian Scheiner/Christian Baccarella/Stephan Hohenadl/Kai-Ingo Voigt: Embedded Systems in the European Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg - A Cluster Development Analysis – Stefka Iankova: Main Factors of Success in Mergers and Acquisitions’ Performance – Joachim Schwalbach: Sustainability: Why the Honourable Merchant Wins in the End – Dieter Flämig: Social and Economic Strategies for a Sustainable Society – Andreas Scholz-Fleischmann: Infrastructure Economy as a Nucleus for More Sustainability.