Industrial policy and technology in Italy

Lucchese, Matteo; Nascia, Leopoldo; Pianta, Mario

doi:10.1007/s40812-016-0047-4

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“…For example, Ramizo performed a survey for institution challenges on an industrial policy [28]. Lucchese, Nascia and Pianta studied new challenges for industrial policies and technology in Italy [100]. Aiginger proposed a new typology based on the orientation of a policy and studied the policy domain to explain matrix function [101].…”

Section: Industry Policy Evaluation: Focuses and Methodsmentioning

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Positioning and Priorities of Growth Management in Construction Industrialization: Chinese Firm-Level Empirical Research

Zhang

Xie

2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:The purpose of this research is to quantitatively evaluate the growth phase, position, and priorities of the industrialization policy management of the construction industry at firm level. The goal is to integrate quantitative dynamics into the policy-making process for sustainable policy development in future China. This research proposes an integrated framework, including growth management model and industrial policy evaluation method, to identify the challenges of construction industrialization and policy management. The research applies the mixed system method, which includes entropy method and average score method, to analyze the growth stage and major impact indexes targeting 327 survey samples. The empirical results show that the proposed conceptual framework and policy evaluation method could effectively determine the growth position and directions of the construction industrialization. For verification purpose, the study uses the local industry data from Shaanxi Province, China. The calculation results substantiate that the construction industry is in the middle section of the third growth phase. The comparison of the results from statistical methods shows that the local construction industry still needs substantial effort in policy management to improve its sustainable industrialization level. As countermeasures, the policy priorities should concentrate on: (1) enhancing effective cooperation among universities, research institutions and enterprises; (2) improving actions towards technology transfer into productivity; and (3) encouraging market acceptance of construction industrialization. This research complements the existing literature of policy evaluation of construction industrialization. Moreover, it provides theoretical and operational steps on industry policy evaluation and growth management framework, with accurate and ample data analysis on firm-level survey. Researchers and policy makers can use this research for further extensions of policy management for construction industrialization.

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Section: Industry Policy Evaluation: Focuses and Methodsmentioning

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Positioning and Priorities of Growth Management in Construction Industrialization: Chinese Firm-Level Empirical Research

Zhang

Xie

2017

Sustainability

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“…Several initiatives have been launched both by the European Union and national governments to stimulate industrial production, with only modest success. This motivated Lucchese and Nascia (2016) to advocate a paradigm shift in industrial and innovation policy for Italy, shifting the European horizontal approach towards a national and vertically focused approach, and by empowering the national government. The proposal offers a fruitful and critical review of different aspects and measures of industrial policy in Europe and Italy and initiates an open and necessary discussion.…”

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Industrial policy in Italy and Germany: yet another look

Audretsch

Lehmann

2016

Econ Polit Ind

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Italy, like most European countries, has experienced stagnant GDP growth in the past years. In a recent paper, Lucchese and Nascia (Industrial Policy and technology in Italy, 2016) argue that the decline in the Italian industry could be traced back to the financial and the Euro crises in 2007/08, and is mainly caused by a fall of domestic demand, which itself is rooted in an austerity policy. The authors argue for a paradigm shift in innovation and industry policy away from the horizontal European approach to a more vertically oriented approach led at the national level. In this paper we try to contribute to this discussion by providing another look at the data which reveals a different cause of the loss of competitiveness. In contrast to Lucchese et al., we argue for a more disaggregated level of industrial and innovation policies to foster and improve sunrise sectors and regions. We underpin our arguments with examples from Germany, which recovered from the ''Sick man of Europe'' a decade ago and has emerged as one of the most competitive countries.Keywords Public innovation policy Á New venture creation Á Knowledge spillovers Á European integrationWe are grateful for critical comments from Stefano Paleari an anonymous referee and the editors of this volume. All remaining errors are of course ours.

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“…The debate about industrial policy in Italy and the feasible policy options in the follow up to the recent and still unresolved financial crisis, as discussed in Lucchese et al (2016), is timely and the provision of good answers is fundamental to preserving the high level of economic welfare in the country. Productivity growth in industry is still the key determinant of economic welfare.…”

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Industrial policy options for sustaining growth in Italy

Gruber

2016

Econ Polit Ind

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The paper discusses main features of the structural change that the Italian industry has undergone since the 1990s, the reduction of resources it can count on and the options available for the promotion of industrial competitiveness. Insufficient investment in R&D, education and digital infrastructure have undermined the performance of Italian industry and its capability of sustain high levels of economic growth and welfare. As traditional instruments for supporting the industry are not any more available, new financial instruments provide opportunities to redress international competitiveness.

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Industrial policy and technology in Italy

Cited by 57 publications

References 12 publications

Positioning and Priorities of Growth Management in Construction Industrialization: Chinese Firm-Level Empirical Research

Positioning and Priorities of Growth Management in Construction Industrialization: Chinese Firm-Level Empirical Research

Industrial policy in Italy and Germany: yet another look

Industrial policy options for sustaining growth in Italy

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