1. Changes in Industrial Competitiveness as a Factor of Integration Identifying Challenges of the Enlarged Single European Market Center for Social and Economic Research Anna Wziątek-Kubiak

2. Center for Social and Economic Research Competitiveness - the CASE project funded under the 5th Framework Programme BACKGROUND äThe role of competitiveness in economic growth, structural change, specialization and economic integration is commonly recognized by the EU (  Luxembourg Process) and by the scientific community äHowever studies on integration have, up to now, not paid sufficient attention to the role of changes in competitiveness in the process of integration (instead focus on redistribution, the CAP etc.)

3. Center for Social and Economic Research Competitiveness - the CASE project funded under the 5th Framework Programme OBJECTIVES Changes in competitiveness of the candidate countries, its actors and factors Economic growth Challenges for the Enlarged Single Market POLICY IMPLICATIONS  Competition policy  Strategies for enhancing cohesion and convergence Structural changes in production and trade Developments in the labour market

4. Center for Social and Economic Research Competitiveness - the CASE project funded under the 5th Framework Programme CONSORTIUM Ten Institutes: 1. CASE – Center for Social and Economic Research (Poland) 2. The Czech Institute of Applied Economics, Ltd (Czech Republic) 3. Hungarian Academy for Science, Institute for World Economics (Hungary) 4. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, The Science, Technology and Innovation Department ( Spain) 5. University of Munich, Osteuropa-Institut (Germany) 6. Staffordshire University, London, Business School (United Kingdom) 7. Potsdam University, European Institute for International Economic Relations (Germany) 8. Nicholas Copernicus University in Toruń, Faculty of Economic Science and Management (Poland) 9. Centre for European Policy Studies (Belgium) 10. University of Limerick (Ireland)

5. Center for Social and Economic Research Competitiveness - the CASE project funded under the 5th Framework Programme STRUCTURE OF RESEARCH (I) Eight work packages in 4 sections: I.Competitive advantages and disadvantages of industries in candidate countries; Influence of governmental policy a)Classification of industries of candidate countries: identification of competitive and non-competitive industries (WP 1) PL+CZ+HUN b)Impact of policy on changes in manufacturing competitiveness (WP 2) PL+CZ+HUN and UK II.Effects of changes in competitiveness on the restructuring of the candidate countries’ economies a)Industrial restructuring and changes in specialisation as outcomes of changes in competitiveness (WP 3) PL+CZ+HUN+E+IRL and UK b)Labour market developments (WP 4) PL+PL2+CZ+HUN

6. III.Changes in the specialisation within EU as an effect of candidate countries integration; Role of multinational corporations a)Changes in specialisation within the EU market as an effect of candidate countries integration (WP 5) PL+D b)Foreign and domestic firms as catalysts in changes in competitiveness(WP 6) PL+CZ+HUN+E+IRL IV.Competitiveness, structural change, trade and growth. Challenges facing the EU as a result of changes in the competitiveness of the candidate countries a) Structural change, real exchange rate and economic growth (WP 7) PL+D b) Challenges facing the EU as a result of changes in the competitiveness of the candidate countries: economic policy recommendations (WP 8) B+PL+UK+D Center for Social and Economic Research Competitiveness - the CASE project funded under the 5th Framework Programme STRUCTURE OF RESEARCH (II) Plus a database at www.compete.case.pl as an additional contribution to the ERA

7. Center for Social and Economic Research Competitiveness - the CASE project funded under the 5th Framework Programme EXPECTED BENEFITS ä Theoretical Benefits ä Practical Benefits