The recent rise in university--industry partnerships has stimulated an important public-policy debate regarding how these relationships affect fundamental research. In this paper, we examine the antecedents and consequences of policies to promote university--industry alliances. Although the...

This paper discusses the current Labour government's industrial policy--as most recently reflected in its document on manufacturing strategy--in the context of industrial policy in the UK over the last 50 years and the form that it has taken elsewhere in Europe. It concludes that the thematic...