Innovation and Industrial Policies

Joël-Thomas RAVIX is Professor of Economics at the University of Côte d’Azur and Member of the GREDEG-CNRS (Research Group in Law, Economics and Management), France.Marc DESCHAMPS is Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Member of CRESE (Economic Strategies Research Center) in Besançon, France. He is also Associate Member of BETA-CNRS and Affiliated Member of OFCE-Sciences Po.

• Acknowledgements viiIntroduction ixChapter 1. Industrial Policy and Competition 11.1. The State and industrial policy 71.1.1. The State organizing the economy 81.1.2. Challenging the economic role of the State 161.2. Competition policy as the area of public action 191.2.1. Control of the market architecture 211.2.2. Monitoring the functioning of markets 381.3. Conclusion 50Chapter 2. Competition and Innovation Policy 532.1. The renewal of the framework of thought 542.1.1. A new competitive economics 552.1.2. The geography of innovation 602.1.3. Innovation and competition policy: the Lisbon strategy 652.2. Innovation policy as a “new industrial policy” 692.2.1. Innovation and territory: competitiveness clusters 702.2.2. A new institutional framework for innovation 762.2.3. Support for innovative SMEs 782.3. The ambiguities of the “new industrial policy” 812.3.1. The logic of agglomeration 822.3.2. The logic of development 842.3.3. A new mode of governance 852.4. The Programme d’investissement d’avenir (PIA) 872.4.1. The logic of the Juppé-Rocard report 882.4.2. The PIA architecture 912.4.3. The link between the PIA and the competitiveness clusters 932.5. Conclusion 95Chapter 3. Reindustrialization Through Innovation 973.1. The affirmation of an industrial ambition 1003.1.1. A new concern: industry 1013.1.2. The return of the sector concept 1043.2. The nature of the industry 1073.2.1. Problems in defining the industry 1093.2.2. The question of industrial organization 1153.3. Towards a renewal of State intervention 1223.3.1. The new virtues of industrial policy 1233.3.2. Rediscovering the argument for infant industry 1263.4. Conclusion 129Conclusion 133References 145Index 161