Seit der globalen Finanzkrise 2008/09 ist Industriepolitik wieder zum zentralen Thema der wirtschaftspolitischen Diskussionen in Deutschland und auf EU-Ebene geworden. Traditionelle Argumente, wie die Aufrechterhaltung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit, die strategische Positionierung im globalen...

Europe's approach to industrial policy has undergone a dramatic transformation in recent years, with state aid reaching 1.4 per cent of GDP in 2022, levels unseen since the early 1990s. While advocates of substantial state aid argue that this intervention is necessary to maintain competitiveness...

We explore the regional implications of the policy concepts of open strategic autonomy and technology sovereignty, examining how those policies may impact and interact with industrial development and the socio-economic and -ecological transformation of regions. We highlight that the effects of...

The Advanced Manufacturing (ADMAN) study, launched in 2023, aims to support EU policymakers, industrial stakeholders, and Member States in assessing the performance of the advanced manufacturing industry in Europe and shaping EU industrial strategy. Focused on advanced technologies applied to...

This document sets the scene and provides background information on 'Industrial Innovation for Open Strategic Autonomy", the main focus of the 9th edition of the European Conference on Corporate R&D and Innovation (CONCORDi 2023), as well as introduces scientific contributions that will be...

Political leaders all over the world are calling for strategic autonomy. The removal of critical trade dependencies has become a guiding principle in most policy proposals, including the EU's new industrial strategy. In making these decisions, it is important for policymakers to understand the...

This study considers how best to maintain a globally thriving EU car sector in the face of several interrelated challenges. The climate emergency necessitates a dramatic reduction in emissions to net-zero impacting across the economy, which leads to a fundamental shift in automotive products and...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and European Investment Fund (EIF) have been key partners in implementing the Juncker Plan (EFSI) (2015-2020), which aims to increase lending to economically or socially valuable projects too risky to receive private finance through leveraging scarce budgetary...

Die Europäische Union benötigt eine ambitionierte Industriepolitik, um gegenüber den Wirtschaftsblöcken USA und China nicht an Bedeutung zu verlieren. Der Wissenschaftliche Beirat der Stiftung Familienunternehmen mahnt deswegen eine entschlossene Strategie der Europäischen Kommission an....

After the failed merger of Alstom and Siemens - the two giants of Europe's railway manufacturing sector - the French and the German governments presented a manifesto with a set of radical proposals designed to reshape EU industrial and competition policy. In an article addressed to all European...