"Cover"--"Half Title"--"Title" -- "Copyright" -- "Contents" -- "List of Figures" -- "List of Tables" -- "List of Contributors" -- "Acknowledgements" -- "List of Abbreviations" -- "Introduction" -- "PART I: FROM GLOBAL CHALLENGES TO THE GLOBAL AGE?" -- "Introduction" -- "1 States and Firms: A Race to Accumulate Resources" -- "2 Globalizing the Intelligent Organization" -- "3 Rethinking State and Citizenship under Globalized Conditions" -- "PART II: EUROPE AND INTERNATIONALIZATION" -- "Introduction" -- "4 The Impact of Globalization on the European Economy" -- "5 European Governments and Labour Relations: Convergence or Divergence?" -- "6 Real Wages and the Taxation of Labour Income in the European Union" -- "PART III: THE CREATIVE FIRM IN THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT" -- "Introduction" -- "7 External Financial Accounting and Reporting in Dutch, European and Global Perspective" -- "8 Diversity of Employee Participation in Europe" -- "9 Innovation Management in SMEs" -- "10 Crossing Borders Through Virtual Teams" -- "PART IV: INNOVATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SPATIAL POLICY IN A EUROPEAN CONTEXT" -- "Introduction" -- "11 The Global-Local Interplay in Rural Regions" -- "12 Environmental Policy Arrangements: A New Concept" -- "13 Globalization and the Narrative Repertoire of Contemporary Water Management" -- "14 EU and Agro-Politics" -- "15 Borders and Interaction" -- "16 German-Dutch Policy Networks on Transboundary Nature Conservation" -- "17 The Cultural Historical Factor in Spatial Planning: A New Policy Instrument