Current Issues in Industrial Economic Strategy

Part 1 Theoretical foundations: on the theory of industrial policy, Malcolm Sawyer; the foundations of industrial policy, Michael Dietrich; some comments on the competitive strategy aspects of industrial policy, Hans Schenk; to create competition without regulation - a mixed oligopoloy with endogenous cost differences, Johan Willner. Part 2 Production: a production orientated industrial policy - the case of Jamaica, Michael Best; what Henry did, or the relevance of Highland Park, Karel Williams et al; just-in-time and the costs of complexity, Dan Coffey. Part 3 The Third World: industrial policy for the Third World in the 1990s - alternative perspectives, Ajit Singh. Part 4 Japanese, North American and West European experiences: the work of MITI, Gentaro Matsumoto; experience in Canada, the US, Britain, Finland, Germany and Italy, Ken Stollery et al. Part 5 The European Community: industrial strategy and structural policies, Patrizio Bianchi; a critical assessment of the 1992 project agenda for industrial policy, Harvie Ramsay; a competitive strategy for Europe, Christos Pitelis. Part 6 Eastern Europe: privatization in small European Soviet-type economies - options, strategies and consequences for industrial structure, Ivo Bicanic; the transition process in Eastern Europe - some lessons from Germany, Horst Tomann.