Contents: Industrial policy in a global perspective -- Competition and regulatory issues -- Research, technology and innovation -- Territory, industrial development and small firms -- The use of game theory in industrial policy analysis -- Particular views

Techno-globalism in the triad -- Explaining and evaluating MITI's techno-globalism -- The human frontier science program -- The intelligent manufacturing systems initiative -- The real world computing program -- A broader view of Japan's techno-globalism -- METI and the future of techno-globalism

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...