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Die dreigliedrige Agentur der Europäischen Union Eurofound unterstützt die Entwicklung besserer sozial-, beschäftigungs- und arbeitsmarktpolitischer Maßnahmen durch die Bereitstellung von Wissen
Eurofound publishes its work in a range of publication formats to match audience needs and the nature of the output. These include flagship reports on a particular area of activity, research reports summarising the findings of a research project and policy briefs presenting policy pointers from
research projects or facts and figures relevant to policy debates. Also included are blog articles, regular articleson working life in Europe, presentations, working papers providing background material to ongoing or already concluded research, and reports arising from ad hoc requests by policymakers. Other corporate publications include annual reports, brochures and promotional publications. Web databases and online resources such as data visualisation applications are available in Data and resources.
/This article builds on the discussion in the first article on the trends and
drivers likely to shape the future of the sector and the challenges it faces
in the era of globalisation. In particular, it looks at issues related to
employment, innovation, EU regulation - notably the REACH proposal - and the
factors influencing relocation of client industries away from the EU. The
article also explores four alternative scenarios for the chemicals industry
in the light of the main pressures on it, and concludes that the most
optimistic one is unlikely to be realised./
/The first article in the Sector Futures series on the hotels and catering
sector sets out by defining the sector, outlining its market size, structure
and employment figures. It then looks at the trends and drivers with a
significant influence on the sector, raising some uncertainties and issues at
stake for the industry and governments. Examples include the impact of
technology on operations and labour demand, the current skills gap in the
industry and the impact of consumer protection legislation./
/The chemicals industry is one of the largest and internationally most
successful European industries. The first of three articles in the Sector
Futures series on this sector - excluding pharmaceuticals - delineates the
chemicals industry sector, looking at its market size, structure and nature
of employment. The chemicals sector is capital-intensive and has
traditionally enjoyed a comparative advantage in mature industrialised
countries. This advantage, however, is now being challenged by globalisation.
This factor is explored here, along with other trends and drivers likely to
shape the sector’s future./
/The third and final article in the series about biomedical healthcare
discusses policies that could enhance the international competitiveness of
the European biomedical healthcare industry. In particular, it looks at
issues related to bioethics, globalisation, economic growth and employment as
well as demographics and welfare./
/The biomedical healthcare sector comprises biotechnologies dedicated to the
treatment of human beings. The first of three articles in the Sector Futures
series on biomedical healthcare looks at key features of the sector,
including the size and structure of its market, the nature of employment, the
main trends and drivers shaping the present and future of the industry and
the principal issues and uncertainties at stake in the industry./
/This second article in the Sector Futures series on the biomedical
healthcare sector focuses on the main factors shaping the present and future
of the industry. It assesses the major trends and drivers, and evaluates
different scenarios for the biomedical healthcare industry. The article also
examines why the European biomedical healthcare industry is lagging behind
the US, and is facing increasing competition from companies in developing
markets./
/Sector Futures provides specialised reports based on current foresight
studies and reliable data sources. December 2005 features the second and
third article in the series on the future of the chemicals sector, excluding
pharmaceuticals. The articles explore the trends and drivers likely to shape
the sector’s future as well as four alternative scenarios for the chemicals
industry in the light of the main pressures on it. The series concludes with
a review of the major policy issues and challenges facing the sector, by
analysing their timely, geographical and structural impact on the industry,
as well as the gender dimension./
/Sector Futures provides specialised reports based on the monitoring of
existing foresight studies, scenario work, innovation studies and reliable
data sources. December 2005 features the complete Sector Futures article
series on the hotels and catering sector. It sets out by defining the sector,
outlining its market size, structure and employment figures, and looks at the
trends and drivers shaping the sector. Subsequent articles assess the impact
and review some scenario work relating to the sector’s future before
concluding with an analysis of major policy issues and challenges facing the
industry./
/Construction is one of Europe’s biggest industries, including the
building, civil engineering, demolition and maintenance industries. The
sector has an annual turnover in excess of €900 billion and more than 12
million employees in the EU15 alone. This EMCC dossier provides an in-depth
analysis of the trends and forces driving change in the sector, using a
compilation of relevant reports, company case studies and scenarios to give a
comprehensive insight into a sector facing important challenges today./
/This article builds on the first article’s discussion on the rise of the
knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) sector, the reasons for its
growth and the nature of the contemporary landscape of KIBS. It reviews a
limited number of earlier studies that have attempted to identify drivers of
quantitative and qualitative change in KIBS, and explores three alternative
scenarios for the future development of the sector in coming years./
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