Industrial policy for growth

Dear Colleagues,

The global economy is currently undergoing a Fourth Industrial Revolution caused by new technologies including the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence. Some central and local governments target innovation, using the measures of University Industry Linkages, and National Innovation Systems or Regional Innovation Systems. Industrial policy in a narrow sense means the dynamic theory of market failures, or the theory of infant industry protection. This Special Issue is devoted to not only industrial policy in a narrow sense but also industrial policy in a broader sense; it is necessary to enlarge this perspective with reference to the new industrial policy related to the creation of a proper environment for development, and in particular policies for education and research, that are the pillars of growth. Industrial policy is a set of instruments to favour the structural change of complex productive organizations.

Topics cover industrial policy, industrial agglomeration, industrial clusters, and sustainable development relating to all aspects of growth. We welcome original research articles in practice and theory, including those on spatial economics, management theory, and the analysis of regional policies for favouring the insertion of territories in the global value chain evolution.

Prof. Patrizio Bianchi
Prof. Kuchiki Akifumi
Prof. Sandrine Labory
Guest Editors

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