In December 2019 the incoming European Commission announced the European Green Deal (EGD), which aims to turn the EU into a climate-neutral, circular economy. Although it is as yet not very specific in many areas, the EU's Green Deal sends the right signal and contains several promising...

Die Spezialisierung von Ländern auf Funktionen innerhalb internationaler Wertschöpfungsketten ist ein definierendes Merkmal der letzten Globalisierungswelle. In der EU haben sich dabei komplementäre funktionale Spezialisierungsmuster herauskristallisiert. Dabei stehen die mittel- und...

This policy report stakes a stance on industrial policy in the European Union in the light of the revived interest in the subject and the most pressing challenges ahead. In the current global context these challenges are: (i) to keep pace at the technology frontier with the technologically most...