David Bailey is Professor of Management at Coventry University, UK. He has published extensively on industrial policy, economic restructuring and policy responses, globalisation, policy towards transnationals and FDI, and European integration and enlargement, (particularly EU Regional Policy).Lisa De Propris is Senior Lecturer in Industrial Economics at the Birmingham Business School, UK. She has published extensively on clusters, cluster policies, European regional policy, competitiveness, industrial policy and creative industries.

• 1. Introduction: Industrial and Regional Policies in an Enlarging EU 2. Evaluating EU Regional Policy: How Might We Understand the Causal Connections between Interventions and Outcomes More Effectively? Mark Hart 3. Reforming EU Cohesion Policy: A Reappraisal of the Performance of the Structural Funds John Bachtler and Grzegorz Gorzelak 4. Reconciling Cohesion and Competitiveness through EU Cluster Policies? Lisa De Propris 5. A Cohesion Pact for the Regions: A Role for Industrial Policy? Leslie Budd 6. European Industrial and Competition Policy: Perspectives, Trends and a New Approach Christos N. Pitelis 7. Globalisation, Economic Freedom and Strategic Decision-Making: A Role for Industrial Policy? David Bailey and Alex De Ruyter

David Bailey is Professor of Management at Coventry University, UK. He has published extensively on industrial policy, economic restructuring and policy responses, globalisation, policy towards transnationals and FDI, and European integration and enlargement, (particularly EU Regional Policy).Lisa De Propris is Senior Lecturer in Industrial Economics at the Birmingham Business School, UK. She has published extensively on clusters, cluster policies, European regional policy, competitiveness, industrial policy and creative industries.

• 1. Introduction: Industrial and Regional Policies in an Enlarging EU 2. Evaluating EU Regional Policy: How Might We Understand the Causal Connections between Interventions and Outcomes More Effectively? Mark Hart 3. Reforming EU Cohesion Policy: A Reappraisal of the Performance of the Structural Funds John Bachtler and Grzegorz Gorzelak 4. Reconciling Cohesion and Competitiveness through EU Cluster Policies? Lisa De Propris 5. A Cohesion Pact for the Regions: A Role for Industrial Policy? Leslie Budd 6. European Industrial and Competition Policy: Perspectives, Trends and a New Approach Christos N. Pitelis 7. Globalisation, Economic Freedom and Strategic Decision-Making: A Role for Industrial Policy? David Bailey and Alex De Ruyter

David Bailey is Professor of Management at Coventry University, UK. He has published extensively on industrial policy, economic restructuring and policy responses, globalisation, policy towards transnationals and FDI, and European integration and enlargement, (particularly EU Regional Policy).Lisa De Propris is Senior Lecturer in Industrial Economics at the Birmingham Business School, UK. She has published extensively on clusters, cluster policies, European regional policy, competitiveness, industrial policy and creative industries.

• 1. Introduction: Industrial and Regional Policies in an Enlarging EU 2. Evaluating EU Regional Policy: How Might We Understand the Causal Connections between Interventions and Outcomes More Effectively? Mark Hart 3. Reforming EU Cohesion Policy: A Reappraisal of the Performance of the Structural Funds John Bachtler and Grzegorz Gorzelak 4. Reconciling Cohesion and Competitiveness through EU Cluster Policies? Lisa De Propris 5. A Cohesion Pact for the Regions: A Role for Industrial Policy? Leslie Budd 6. European Industrial and Competition Policy: Perspectives, Trends and a New Approach Christos N. Pitelis 7. Globalisation, Economic Freedom and Strategic Decision-Making: A Role for Industrial Policy? David Bailey and Alex De Ruyter