The recent evolution of the European wall-hung boiler market is a particularly interesting case to analyse the role played by sector regulation and technology in affecting firms' strategies for coping with new market conditions. The wall-hung boiler market has changed radically over the last few...

The aim of this paper is to critically assess extant perspectives on industrial policy in general and for the European Union in particular. We claim that non-neo-classical, evolutionary and resource-based views of industrial policy, which emphasise intertemporal efficiency through innovation,...

The subject of industrial policy has recently experienced a renewed interest in both political and economics spheres. Despite pressures for liberalisation from organisations such as the World Trade Organisation, state aids are still widely used throughout the world, showing that some form of...

The present paper explores the debate on industrial policy, briefly drawing upon theoretical arguments which call into question the role of the state in mediating and regulating the process of industrial development, to then focus on the experience of the Indian subcontinent and on the...

The purpose of this work is to understand, by studying the American experience, which elements are crucial for the success of the industrial policy strategies implemented in response to contemporary issues. At this scope it is essential to re-explore in particular the American experience of the...

The paper tries to set a framework for the development of public procurement as a driver for technological innovation in the Italian context. It is argued that in the Italian experience public procurement is basically absent from the box of tools of industrial policy makers, in spite of the fact...

This paper critically reviews the possible analytical approaches to business support policies. Within the general framework of industrial policies, one may identify a set of policies specifically aiming at assisting enterprises or entrepreneurs to develop their businesses successfully and to...

The main objectives and measures of industrial policy in Catalonia are presented in this paper. Industrial policy in Catalonia experienced a substantial reorientation in 2004 with the change of regional government. Since that year, its aims have been to improve productivity and move towards a...

This paper discusses several studies carried out at Hermes and CERIS-CNR and aims at demonstrating that in many network utilities the firms' dimension is a constraint to guarantee an efficient service with qualitative standards. The analysis concerning electricity, gas, water and local public...

The article considers the necessity to accelerate the development of our country, that strictly depends on the evolution of productivity, and therefore of competitiveness. The competitiveness of a territory mainly relies on the incidence of the logistic cost functions over the gross domestic...