The Electronics Industry: Inward Investment versus Indigenous Development—The Policy Debate
1992 ◽
Vol 10
(4)
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pp. 439-450
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Keyword(s):
In this paper the public policy implications of an active government strategy aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of the electronics industry in Britain are examined. The author argues that as a general principle industrial policy should be both designed and applied at as low a level as possible. To achieve this a comprehensive but decentralised institutional economic development network will need to be created.