Europe's Economic Challenge: Analyses of Industrial Strategy and Agenda for the 1990s

by Bianchi; Patrizio

• ISBN13: 9780415114288
• ISBN10: 0415114284
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-12-21
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Europe is at a critical stage in its economic development. There seems to be a widespread desire to pursue coherent initiatives which address current issues but it is unclear which policies would fit the agenda. Europe's Economic Challengeanalyzes the wide ranging issues in economic strategy and considers future research possibilities. The book considers broad approaches to industrial strategy; looking at policy mix, institutional conditions for a more dynamic market and the processes of creating a democratic industrial structure. The authors focus on experiences in various countries, both in Europe and North America, in different sectors of the economy, and on the implications of European policies on Third World industrialization. The work includes a detailed discussion of the size of the public sector, innovation, R & D, entrepreneurship and inward investment.Europe's Economic Challengeposes some demanding questions and suggestions, discussion andanalysis which provides a valuable contribution to the search for a successful way forward.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. x
Policy Mix and Industrial Strategies	p. 1
Industrial Strategy in an Open Economy	p. 16
Industrial Strategy	p. 37
Industrial Policy in Europe and Industrial Development in the Third World	p. 60
Industrial Strategy	p. 79
Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Industrial Districts	p. 88
Bibliography	p. 109
European Community R&D Support	p. 111
Does a Reduced Public Sector Increase Welfare in an Open Economy?	p. 136
Bibliography	p. 155
Continuity and Change in Portuguese Industrial Policy	p. 156
British Industrial Policy in the Light of Traditional Theory and More Recent Developments in Economics and Management	p. 171
Bibliography	p. 187
Taming the Balance of Payments Constraint with a Sectoral Policy for Auto	p. 189
Index	p. 208
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