June 2013
As the debate on Europe’s crisis fighting strategy deepens with the leak of a critical IMF document pointing to deep flaws in the European decision-making process, the Lisbon Council launches…
Publications
May 2013
Ian Hargreaves, professor of digital economy, University of Cardiff; author, Digital Opportunity: A Review of Intellectual Property and Growth (“the Hargreaves report”) and senior fellow at the Lisbon Council; and…
March 2013
Alessandro Leipold, chief economist of the Lisbon Council, weighs in with real-time analysis of the 14-15 March European Council. Mr. Leipold — who joined the Lisbon Council in 2010 after…
March 2013
On the eve of the European Council Spring Summit on 14-15 March, the Lisbon Council launches a new policy paper series — Economic Intelligence, Up-to-the-Minute Analysis from Chief Economist Alessandro…
March 2013
The Lisbon Council and Berenberg Bank published The Euro Plus Monitor Spring 2013 Update. The Euro Plus Monitor is the premier competitiveness ranking of eurozone economies, as well as Poland,…
November 2012
The 2012 Euro Plus Monitor, the authoritative competitiveness ranking jointly published each year by Berenberg Bank and the Lisbon Council, ranks the 17 eurozone countries on a range of key…
October 2012
In the presence of European Commissioner Michel Barnier, the Lisbon Council launched SMEs in the Single Market: A Growth Agenda for the 21st Century. In this timely report, eight thought…
September 2012
In the presence of European Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes, the Lisbon Council launched Intellectual Property and Innovation: A Framework for 21st Century Growth and Jobs. In this timely report, ten…
May 2012
Executive Director Ann Mettler and Senior Fellow Anthony D. Williams explain the potential of the Internet – and greater adoption of information and communication technology in small- and medium-sized enterprises…
February 2012
Alessandro Leipold, chief economist of the Lisbon Council and former acting director of the European Department of the IMF, presents a seven-point programme for making the European Stability Mechanism a…
November 2011
The second volume of our widely acclaimed European Human Capital Index focuses on Central and Eastern Europe, as well as Turkey. In a one-of-a-kind analysis, the authors explain why the…
October 2011
In a forceful, hard-hitting policy brief, Executive Director Ann Mettler and Senior Fellow Anthony Williams look at the deep-seated changes afoot in our economy. These days, big companies are looking…