Industrial policies (IPs) include such varying practices as production subsidies, export subsidies, and import protection, and are commonly used by countries to promote targeted sectors. However, such policies can have significant impacts on sectors other than those targeted by the IPs,...

This paper looks into various means of regulating pharmaceuticals and their effects on the structure of the international pharmaceutical industry. Regulation adds complexity to the activities of a firm. This complexity is multiplied, if different countries apply different sets of regulations....

Because of escalating technological conflicts, the US-China technology war, and hegemonic competition since the late 2010s, "technonationalism," has become a critical topic in the international political economy, and this study contributes to the ongoing discussion proposing two mediating...