International Handbook on Industrial Policy (Elgar Original Reference)

This timely and much-needed handbook reconsiders an old topic from a fresh perspective, raising a number of new, interesting and worthwhile issues in the wake of ten years of globalization.

This comprehensive analysis illustrates that old-style industrial policies whereby the government directly intervened in markets, and was often the producer itself, are no longer relevant. Structural changes occurring in economies - summarized in the term `globalization' - are triggering the definition and implementation of new industrial policies. The contributors, leading experts in their field, unite to evaluate this shift of over a decade ago.

Employing various empirical and methodological approaches with a strong theoretical underpinning, this world-wide study of the state-of-the-art of industrial policy issues is an invaluable reference tool. It has been enthusiastically received by a wide-ranging audience including scholars, researchers and policy makers with an interest in industrial economics and policy, business studies and policies for growth, competitiveness and development.

Contributors: A. Amin, J. Annerstedt, A. Arora, M. Bellandi, N. Bellini, P. Bianchi, T. Björkroth, R. Cellini, F. Cesaroni, J. De Bandt, M. Di Tommaso, A. Gambardella, M. Giarratana, P. Giuri, A. Goldstein, S. Grönblom, N. Jullien, S. Labory, S. Lall, L. Lambertini, J. Lorentzen, S. Martin, P. Møllgaard, D. Paci, M.D. Parrilli, J. Pelkmans, C.N. Pitelis, H. Schenk, S.O. Schweitzer, L. Sepulveda, S. Torrisi, P. Valbonesi, J. Willner, J.-B. Zimmermann