ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|31 pages
Overview and redirection
part II|98 pages
Creating meaningful local and regional economies
chapter 7|13 pages
The activation of bottom-up methodologies in a newly opened regional economy
part III|66 pages
Nurturing small firm economies
part IV|67 pages
Venture capital
chapter IV 12|25 pages
Public policy and the development of the informal venture capital market
chapter IV 13|40 pages
The liability of small-scale investment
part V|105 pages
Creating the infrastructure and economic environment for a dynamic, diffuse economy