Absorptive capacity denotes an organisation’s ability to recognise, assimilate and apply external knowledge for commercial or social value. It comprises two interlinked dimensions: potential ...

The "no" results in the May-June 2005 referenda in France and the Netherlands on the European Union's proposed constitution were followed by predictable statements that the EU was in a condition of ...

Is the nation’s “absorptive capacity†enabling the country to achieve its full potential for growth? Are investment decisions making the economy more efficient? These two questions have an ...

International aid and private investments cannot succeed without a realistic understanding of the desires, knowledge, political economy, and capacity of the intended beneficiaries or local market.

EU leaders brought in more transparency for future Council meetings and sealed 'absorption' as the new rhetoric joker on enlargement at the EU Summit. The concept of ‘absorption capacity’, which was ...

A report prepared by the Romanian Prime Minister’s Chancellery highlighted significant disparities between counties and local ...

A major challenge of economic development is implementing projects with high economic returns toward their proper completion. If that were an easily doable activity, few countries would be in poverty.

While expanding public investment can help filling infrastructure bottlenecks, scaling up too much and too fast often leads to inefficient outcomes. This paper rationalizes this outcome looking at the ...

Frank Vibert (Director of the European Policy Forum) argues that the debate on the EU's "absorption capacity" is in fact "a diversion" from the real challenges facing Europe today. Frank Vibert ...