CJRES 2018 Back on the Agenda? Industrial Policy revisited: Recent Episodes
Cambridge University
After years of disrepute in several countries, Industrial Policy (IP) is back in vogue of late at regional, national and international levels, driven by concerns over competitiveness, globalisation, de-industrialisation, unemployment and, in the European case, by comparatively slow growth. Modern industrial policy is a broad concept and has moved beyond entailing specific industrial policies (that aim to improve the competitiveness of particular firms and sectors); rather, it is increasingly viewed as the architecture through which the state enables businesses and people to acquire new capabilities to enhance growth and socio-economic development within geographical places. A selection of the papers from the conference will be published in the Cambridge journal of Regions, Economy and Society.
Chair: Phil Tomlinson Sandrine Labory and Patrizio Bianchi – ‘Why is the Territorial Level the Most Appropriate for Industrial Policy in the Fourth Industrial Revolution?’ Elena Prodi – ‘Industrial Policy steering the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Insights from German ''Mittelstand 4.0'' Competence Centers’ Laura Wolf-Powers and Greg Schrock– ‘An Unbridgeable Divide? Policy for Manufacturing and Making in US cities’
Session 1: Setting the scene: The role of industrial policy in addressing societal challenges Chair: Linda Lobao Kevin Morgan – ‘The Public Animateur: Mission-led Innovation and the Smart State in Europe’ Amy Glasmeier – ‘Life Sciences Policy in Massachusetts’ Antonio Andreoni and Ha-Joon Chang – ‘A Production Revolution in the Making: How Industrial Policies are Building New Industrial Ecosystems in the OECD Countries’
Chair: David Bailey Michael Indergaard – ‘A Developmental Network City? Innovation Communities, Districts and Policy in New York City’ Karen Chapple and Clara Turner – ‘Whose Specialisation is Smarter? A Comparison of Tesla’s Silicon Valley and Jaguar Land Rover’s West Midlands’ Matthijs J. Janssen and Koen Frenken – ‘Cross-Specialization: A Rationale and Policy Options for Linking Unrelated Industries’ Chris Pitelis, Nicholas Vasilakos, Alkis Pitelis, and Konstantinos Chalvatzis – ‘Can Industrial Policy Pick Winning Technologies? The Case of Renewable Energy in OECD Countries’ Andrew Carter – ‘Ten Principles for Designing an Industrial Strategy at the Local Level’
Chair: Phil Tomlinson Richard Harris, John Moffat, Peter Sunley, Emil Evenhuis, Ron Martin and Andy Pike – ‘The Impact of Clustering on Manufacturing Total Factor Productivity in Great Britain, 1984-2014’ Kritsada Patluang – ‘Augmenting Competitiveness with High-road Industrial Policy: Different Perspectives from Asian Middle-income Countries’ Franklin Obeng-Odoom – ‘Industrial Policy Beyond Growth: A Preface to the Oil Cities of the Future’ Dan Coffey, Ian Greenwood and Carole Thornley – ‘Are Dated Conceptions of ‘Industries’ a Blockage to Effective IP Formulation? A Case Study of Steel, Cars, Energy and Digitalisation’
Chair: Dieter Kogler Sandrine Labory, Philip R. Tomlinson, Mariachiara Barzotto, Carlo Corradini, and Felicia Fai – ‘Enhancing Innovative Capabilities in Peripheral Regions: An Extra-Regional Collaborative Approach to RIS3’ Ron Boschma – ‘Reconsidering Smart Specialization Policy’ Stefania Oliva, Luciana Lazzeretti and Niccolò Innocenti– ‘The Role of Smart Specialisation for Regional Economic Resilience’ Dieter Kogler – ‘The Evolution of the UK Knowledge Space: Insights for Smart Diversification Strategies’ Round up Discussion
Chair: Janelle Knox-Hayes Peter Wells, Steve Fothergill and Tony Gore – ‘Industrial Strategy and the Regions: the UK Government's Flawed Approach’ Chris Hooton and Pete Tyler – ‘Do Enterprise Zones have a Role to Play in Delivering A Place Based Industrial Strategy?’ Emil Evenhuis, David Bailey, Andy Pike, Peter Sunley and Pete Tyler – ‘Comparing the Pathways of Five British Cities: Lessons for Local Industrial Strategies’ Diane Coyle and Marianne Sensier – ‘The Imperial Treasury: Appraisal Methodology and Regional Economic Performance in the UK’
Chair: Amy Glasmeier Michael Kitson – ‘Innovation Policy and Place: A Critical Assessment’ Marc Doussard and Jennifer Clark – ‘Devolution, Disinvestment and Uneven Development: Patterns and Practices of US Industrial Policy’ Elisa Barbieri, Marco R. Di Tommaso, Chiara Pollio and Lauretta Rubini – ‘Industrial Policy in China. The Interplay between Planning, Policy and Global Interests’ Antonio Andreoni and Michael Landesmann – ‘Industrial Policy for Europe’s Peripheries’ Julie Froud, Sukhdev Johal and Karel Williams – ‘Industrial Policy as Place Based Experiment’