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Moonshots and the New Industrial Policy Questioning the Mission Economy /

This 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...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Henrekson, Magnus (Editor), Sandström, Christian (Editor), Stenkula, Mikael (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024.
Edition:1st ed. 2024.
Series:International Studies in Entrepreneurship, 56
Subjects:
Technological innovations.
Economic policy.
Political science.
Economics of Innovation.
Economic Policy.
Governance and Government.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: Introductory Chapter: 1. Moonshots and the New Industrial Policy: Questioning the Mission Economy
  • Part 2: Theoretical Perspectives
  • 2. State and Markets: Not Whether But How
  • 3. Engineering Is Not Entrepreneurship
  • 4. A Behavioral Economics Perspective on the Entrepreneurial State and Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy
  • 5. Innovationism and the New Public Intellectuals
  • Part III: Empirical Evidence
  • 6. Analyzing the Effectiveness of State-Guided Innovation
  • 7. A Case Study on DARPA: An Exemplar for Government Strategic Structuring to Foster Innovation?
  • 8. The State of the Entrepreneurial State: Empirical Evidence of Mission-Led Innovation Projects around the Globe
  • 9. When "What Works" Does Not Work: The United States' Mission to End Homelessness
  • 10. The Cost of Missions: The Case of Shipbuilding in Brazil
  • 11. You Can't Develop What You Don't Know: The Realities and Limitations of Foreign Aid Missions
  • 12. A Public Choice Perspective on Mission-Oriented Innovation Policies and the Behavior of Government Agencies
  • 13. Learning from Overrated Mission-Oriented Innovation Policies: Seven Takeaways
  • Part IV: Alternative Paths
  • 14. The Entrepreneurial State Cannot Deliver without an Entrepreneurial Society
  • 15. How Thinking Carefully About Evolution and Morality Can Overcome the Siren Song of Central Planning
  • 16. R&D Tax Incentives as an Alternative to Targeted R&D Subsidies
  • 17. Bottom-Up Policies Trump Top-Down Missions.

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