Industrial policy in Europe : theoretical perspectives and practical proposals / edited by Keith Cowling.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Cowling, Keith.

European Network on Industrial Policy.

Conference Name:

Warwick Conference of the European Network on Industrial Policy (1997 : University of Warwick)

Series:

Industrial development policy.

Industrial development policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial policy--Europe--Congresses.

Industrial policy.

Small business--Government policy--Europe--Congresses.

Small business.

International business enterprises--Government policy--Europe--Congresses.

International business enterprises.

Europe--Economic conditions--1945---Regional disparities--Congresses.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (396 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After a decade or more of privatisation and deregulation there is a growing consensus that government can have a positive role in promoting industrial development. This book explores a variety of ways in which this might be made to happen. A common theme is the need for participation at the appropriate level: too often industrial policy has been hampered by overcentralised decision-making. Containing contributions by some of Europe's leading industrial economists, Industrial Policy for Europe covers subjects from small business to macroeconomics.

Contents:

Cover; Industrial Policy in Europe: Theoretical perspectives and practical proposals; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Part I Overview and redirection; 1 Introduction; 2 A reorientation of industrial policy?: Horizontal policies and targeting; Part II Creating meaningful local and regional economies; 3 Sustainable regional development: New dimensions in policy formulation; 4 The territorial challenge of innovation and endogenous regional development; 5 Europe's advantage?: Work organisation, innovation and employment

6 The competitive disadvantage of England 7 The activation of bottom-up methodologies in a newly opened regional economy: An experience in the Oeste region of Santa Catarina, Brazil; Part III Nurturing small firm economies; 8 The entrepreneurial society in practice; 9 Practicla issues of networking and co-operation; 10 Making small firms work: Policy dimensions and the Scottish context; 11 Industrial policy implications of competition policy failure in mergers; Part IV Venture capital

12 Public policy and the development of the informal venture capital market: UK experience and lessons for Europ13 The liability of small-scale investment: A simulation model of the performance of an early-stage, technology-focused, venture capital fund; Part V Creating the infrastructure and economic environment for a dynamic, diffuse economy; 14 Universal service, universal access and the Internet; 15 Market structure, corporate objectives and cost efficiency; 16 Regulating transnationals: Free markets and monitoring in Europe

17 Industrial strategy in the era of transnationals: Analysis and policy issues 18 Multinatinal enterpries investment and industrial policy; 19 The macroeconomics of industrial strategy; Index

Notes:

"This book was fashioned out of papers presented at the Warwick Conference of the European Network on Industrial Policy (EUNIP) in December 1997"--Introd.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-62849-8

0-415-20494-1

1-134-62850-1

1-280-10447-3

0-203-10309-2

9780203103098

OCLC:

647974781