Innovation and industrial policy

Following the Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Jobs, great efforts have been undertaken by most Member States to further improve their innovation support. Moreover, the European Commission aims at a more coherent, more coordinated approach towards innovation policy. This study provides advice on how innovation policy could be better integrated with industrial and research policy based on a comparative analysis at country level and an in-depth examination of a sample of nine different European sectors: automotive, aeronautics and space, biotechnology, construction, electrical and optical equipment, food and drink, Knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS), retail and wholesale trade, and textile and clothing.