<i>‘David Audretsch has assembled a highly respectable collection of classical economic literature on the role and impact of industrial policy on national competitiveness . . . Audretsch’s collection of works is a blend of the conceptual and empirical and easily accessible to any professional working in the field of industrial policy. Economists, policy analysts (trade, technology and industrial policy in particular), business and international political economy scholars, and political scientists will find these texts to be an essential reference for their work . . . the breadth and scope of works presented in this set is considerable, and the great virtue of </i>Industrial Policy and Competitive Advantage<i> is in its organization of topics and themes . . . is an important addition to the literature on the study of industrial policy. Because it concentrates – in a single source – the significant economic contributions to the thinking, theory, and empirical evidence behind industrial policy making, most analysts will consider it a primary and essential resource.’</i>
- Maria Papadakis, James Madison University, US,
<i>‘David Audretsch has undertaken a challenging task, in both concept and magnitude, in putting together the selection of 68 articles. He has met his self-imposed challenge with distinction. . . . In sum, these three volumes make an outstanding contribution to the reference literature of modern economics, not only for the overall high quality of the reprinted articles and chapters, but also for the editor’s perceptive and ingenious presentation of a highly complex body of writing.’</i>
- William L. Baldwin, Dartmouth College, US,
‘Industrial Policy and Competitive Advantage<i> is a rich collection of classic articles by experts in the area to provide “building blocks of scholarship on industrial policy”. The three volumes are so organized, each addressing a unique characteristic of the literature in the field.’</i>
- V.P. Jain, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research,
<i>‘There is good representation of both Eastern Europe and South East Asia with articles by Audretsch and Westphal among others. There is no doubt that the three volumes will provide a very useful reference collection for both students and academics and will help focus the debate surrounding industrial policy.’</i>
- Katherine Wakelin, The Economic Journal,