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Moonshots and the New Industrial Policy: Questioning the Mission Economy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783031491955)
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xThis open access book raises some central questions: Do we need moonshot policies to spur innovation and economic growth? What are the risks associated with such policies?
Economic turbulence, the COVID-19 pandemic, and mounting environmental concerns have paved the way for a renaissance of targeted industrial policy. In particular, the idea that society should be organized around large missions is gaining momentum among high-income economies. However, the authors and editors of this volume contend that this shift has occurred without much critical examination, especially as the European Union has adopted these ideas, and Western economies are now increasingly organizing toward the achievement of large, state-formulated goals.
Recognizing the urgent need for continued scholarly attention to question notions of the mission economy, more than 20 scholars discuss the dangers of top-down/vertical approaches to industrial policy and draw attention to the progress of independent enterprise, entrepreneurialism, and market solutions in a sound economy and society. By critically examining mission-oriented innovation policies, using theoretical perspectives and empirical investigations, the book highlights both the mechanisms behind failed missions and alternative approaches. This is a must-read for policy researchers and policymakers alike.
Author: Magnus Henrekson
ISBN-10: 3031491955
ISBN-13: 9783031491955
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 02/11/2024
Pages: 331
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d
By Magnus Henrekson
xMagnus Henrekson is a professor of Economics and Senior Research Fellow at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) in Stockholm, Sweden. He was the president of IFN for 15 years until 2020. He previously held the Jacob Wallenberg Research Chair in the Department of Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics. His primary research focus is entrepreneurship economics and the institutional determinants of the business climate. In addition to his academic qualifications, he has extensive experience as an advisor, board member, and lecturer in many different contexts, both in the business sector and the public sector.
Christian Sandstr is a senior associate professor at Jking International Business School and the Ratio Institute in Sweden. His research concerns industrial transformation and the role of innovation policy. Sandstr is a coeditor of the popular Open Access book "Questioning the Entrepreneurial State" (Springer, 2022). He has been a visiting researcher at the University of Cambridge and ETH Z?ich. Dr. Sandstr has received several awards for his teaching at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.
Mikael Stenkula is an associate professor at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) in Sweden. His research focus is on entrepreneurship, business structures, and taxation. He has coauthored a textbook on entrepreneurship economics with Professor Magnus Henrekson and has published research about institutional reforms for European innovation and entrepreneurship.
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