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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

The Absorption Capacity Toolkit is a practical resource developed to assess both the current quality of essential services and infrastructure in a given area, and their ability to absorb more demand ...

This article, by Katinka Barysch of the Centre for European Reform, argues that the absorption-capacity debate has so far only looked at the negative side of the enlargement balance sheet. This ...