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The crisis started in 2008 has accelerated the decline of Italy's industry. An analysis of the current tools used in Italy's industrial and innovation policy shows that they are not able to support a revival of production and investment in Italy and to reduce Italy's gap in technological activities. A strong recovery depends on the development of a more ambitious industrial policy plan, combining Italian and European initiatives.

This paper aims to analyze the role of industrial policy, in Italy, trying to identify the perspectives either in the short or in medium-long term. After having illustrated the main results of a recent research on the effectiveness of industrial policy, the analysis compares two different approaches: the first aimed at attributing to the State an important role in defining a set of structural economic and industrial measures; the second finalized to minimize the State intervention in support of the productive system. Moreover, the research focuses on the more recent measures of industrial policy adopted in Italy especially for increasing innovation and new firms with high technological content: these interventions appear to outline a real philosophy of industrial policy and can be considered in between the two different visions. In the conclusions, some thoughts are developed in order to indicate the future and desirable trends of industrial policy to be placed inside a Project-Country and shared with medium - long term objectives

Pubblicato in Un modello catalografico per l'archeologia industriale, a cura di G. Bovini, R. Covino, M. G. Fioriti, G. Gallo, M. Giorgini, Perugia: Electa Editori Umbri Associati (Catalogo regionale dei beni culturali dell'Umbria), 1987, pp. 13-39.

Cover; Occhiello; Indice; Premessa; CAPITOLO I L'EVOLUZIONE DELLA POLITICA INDUSTRIALE NELL'UNIONE EUROPEA. LA MANCANZA DI UNA VISIONE SISTEMICA PER L'INDUSTRIA; CAPITOLO II IL RUOLO DI IMPULSO DELLA COMMISSIONE EUROPEA NEI DOCUMENTI D'INDIRIZZO PER L'INDUSTRIA; CAPITOLO III LA POLITICA INDUSTRIALE ITALIANA. PRIMI SVILUPPI IN ORDINE ALLA RIQUALIFICAZIONE; CAPITOLO IV IL SISTEMA GIURIDICO NAZIONALE IN TEMA DI RIQUALIFICAZIONE DELLE AREE DI CRISI INDUSTRIALE COMPLESSA; OSSERVAZIONI CONCLUSIVE; BIBLIOGRAFIA.

Foreign direct investments (fdis) are generally recognized as crucial factors of development and modernization with national economies. In the economic literature, there is a broad consen- sus on the positive impact of fdis on destination countries, both at the macroeconomic and em- ployment level. The concern about knowledge and know-how transfers that fdis can activate be- tween businesses and territories is gaining momentum. Our article focuses on this topic, using, in particular, the approach to economic complexity as a tool to analyze the productive knowl- edge endowment of the territory. In the introduction, we point out the fundamental elements of the economic complexity and discuss the importance of a strategic approach to attract fdis. Our analysis follows the localization strategies of fdis in Italy and considers them in relation to the different degree of economic complexity within the local systems. After this locally-focused interpretation, we present an analysis of the network of the international partners involved in the fdis and the sectors where fdis in Italy are concentrated. Finally, the product space is dis- cussed in more detail in order to highlight some of the areas where Italy could leverage fdis to strengthen its pool of knowledge and increase the complexity of its production system.