Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Preface Ulrich Hilpert -- Introduction and General Perspectives: The Changing Role of the State in Techno-Industrial Innovation -- The State, Science and Techno-Industrial Innovation: A New Model of State Policy and a Changing Role of the State Ulrich Hilpert -- The Nature and Relevance of State Policy for Techno-Industrial Innovation Kenneth Dyson -- Techno-Industrial Innovation and Technology Assessment: The State's Problems with its New Role Frieder Naschold -- Small Internal Markets and the Relevance of State Capabilities: Is Techno-Industrial Innovation State Introduced? -- Economic Adjustment by Techno-Industrial Innovation and the Role of the State: Solar Technology and Biotechnology in France and West Germany Ulrich Hilpert -- The State and Telecommunications Modernization in Britain, France and West Germany Peter Humphreys -- Government Policies for Techno-Industrial Innovation in Weaker Economies: The Case of Biotechnology in the United Kingdom and in Italy Wendy Faulkner and Luigi Orsenigo -- The State and New Forms of Communication: The Introduction of Videotex in Europe and North America Volker Schneider, Thierry Vedel and James Miller -- Large Internal Markets and the Role of the State: Is there a Need for Policies on Techno-Industrial Innovation? -- Airbus Industrie: A Case Study in European High Technology Cooperation Desmond Hickie -- Techno-Industrial Innovation and State Policies in the United States and Japan Jill Hills -- Japanese RD Policy for Techno-IndustrialInnovation Takayuki Matsuo -- Manufacturing Innovation and American Industrial Competitiveness Stephen S. Cohen and John Zysman -- Small Countries in an Innovating World Economy: Can State Policy Introduce Participation?.

Small Industrialized Countries and the Global Innovation Race: The Role of the State in the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland Rob van Tulder -- National Styles in Technology Policy: Comparing the Swedish and Danish State Programmes in Micro-electronics/Information Technology Andrew Jamison -- Conclusions -- State-Induced Participation in New World Markets: Some Comparative Conclusions on Trends in Internationalization through Techno-Industrial Innovation Ulrich Hilpert -- Index.