Investing despite Brussels

Europe wanted freedom but it created forms.The single market was supposed to facilitate investment-but anyone who wants to do business in the European Union today has to fight their way through a thicket of regulations directives and conflicting jurisdictions.Investing Despite the EU tells the story of a good idea that got bogged down in bureaucracy. It shows how European regulations discourage investors slow down innovation and steer capital into bureaucratic dead ends-and why many founders spend more time filling out forms than working on their products.Using concrete examples from across Europe the book analyzes how the EU became a master of regulation-and how this affects the economy entrepreneurship and social progress. But it doesn't stop at criticism: it also shows ways in which successful investment is possible despite all the hurdles and calls for a new European pragmatism - less paperwork more trust less control more courage.A keenly observed intelligent and at the same time hopeful book about what is perhaps the greatest challenge facing the European economy: regaining faith in its own entrepreneurial spirit.Bremen University Press has published over 5000 specialist books in various languages since 2005.