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The Challenge of Change in EU Business Associations

The Challenge of Change in EU Business Associations. Justin Greenwood (ed). Business Associations - A 21st Century solution Business needs an intermediary to reconcile enlightened self interest with the wider needs of civil society

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The Challenge of Change in EU Business Associations

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  1. The Challenge of Change in EU Business Associations Justin Greenwood (ed)

  2. Business Associations - A 21st Century solution • Business needs an intermediary to reconcile enlightened self interest with the wider needs of civil society • Two-way intermediaries in policy making, and can engage other stakeholders • Well policed self-regulation helps position firms as part of the solution • enable business to respond collectively so none risk being isolated • a learning place for business - can lead member perceptions of what interests are

  3. Where there are common sectoral features & shared problems, Trade Associations work well as good collective action organisations: • members are a similar size • a ‘common enemy’ • overcapacity • Low product differentiation • High asset specificity/transaction costs • regulation distributes costs & benefits evenly across members

  4. Associations also add value by • acquiring unique information • creating mutual reliances • carrying agendas and responses between regulatory agencies and members as 2 way conduits • fostering member-member trust • finding allies • explaining issues to members & leading member perceptions • spotting member needs & opportunities to develop itself...

  5. The new(er) Challenges • Enlargement – old & new • The new draft Treaty • Governance • Citizen agendas • Accountability & Accreditation • Extended Impact Assessments • New Regulatory Agencies • IT & the opening up of policy making • Corporate Social Responsibility, accountability (51/100 largest entities) & new activism • Competition Policy • Establishment • Corporate rationalisation • Third Party Legislative action

  6. New debates in The Challenge of Change competition law/ business associations impact of WPG on associations role of the Secretary General new legal framework for associations enlargement old & new for associations perspectives from public interest groups & contested environments role and value of trust in associations

  7. Contributors to The Challenge of Change Paul Adamson, Bruno Alves Barrie Gilliatt, Edgar Grande, Wyn Grant, Justin Greenwood, Daniel Guéguen Ian Locks, Dirk Lontings Jim Murray Ulrich Paetzold, Irini Pari, Nieves Perez.. David Rea, Alan Reid, John Russell Michiel Scheffer, Luc Stolle Werner Teufelsbauer, Zygmunt Tyszkiewicz Jerome Vignon, Alfons Westgeest

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