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Technology Policy and Industrial Strategy

In: The Economics of Technological Progress

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  • P. C. Stubbs

    (University of Manchester)

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To some people, the title of this paper may seem pure metaphysics, at least in the British context, which is the one I propose to examine. Many senior British civil servants would claim that they do not know what a technology policy is; and several of them have denied to me, in private at least, that Britain has an industrial strategy. However, two reasons persuade me that the issues are real ones. Firstly, the absence of positive and concerted policy measures does not mean that there is no policy—for just as laissez-faire is a policy2 so too is the system that Christopher Freeman (1974) has called laissez-innover. In any case, the British government has spent very great sums of money on technology, in terms of technical education and support for R and D. Hence the issue is not whether there is or was a policy, but rather whether it has been consistent and effective. Secondly, I feel the issues are legitimate because the problems that these policies are concerned with are increasing in importance.

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  • P. C. Stubbs, 1980. "Technology Policy and Industrial Strategy," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Tönu Puu & Sören Wibe (ed.), The Economics of Technological Progress, chapter 9, pages 180-223, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-16446-2_9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-16446-2_9
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    1. Edward J. Malecki, 1983. "Technology and Regional Development: A Survey," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 8(2), pages 89-125, October.

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