Global innovation and production networks: new rationales and policy challenges
conference paper
Can European policy keep up with global innovation and production dynamics? Europe is committed to
maintain its welfare model in the long run but challenging this commitment are two important
dimensions. The first concerns the building of Europe itself and its internal contractions that are
continually evolving and limiting its capacity to swiftly act globally with a single voice (see Simms, 2014;
Lehndorff, 2012). The second regards significant shifts in the international competitive landscape where
the Europe appears to be losing ground in traditional and advanced technology markets (see Tate et al.,
2014; and Kinkel, 2014 in this book). The focus of this chapter concerns the second dimension. This note
argues that despite its internal contradions Europe is striving for the co-creation of a new global market
structure according to a new and ambitious vision reflected in several policy documents. It aims to
create new global value networks and provide new rationales for globalization (see, European
Commission, 2012; van de Velde et al., 2013). It will be shown in this note that a number of weak signals
together indicate that Europe is underway to prepare the terrain to remain a relevant global actor on
innovation and production networks - with or without full concerted action of its member states.
maintain its welfare model in the long run but challenging this commitment are two important
dimensions. The first concerns the building of Europe itself and its internal contractions that are
continually evolving and limiting its capacity to swiftly act globally with a single voice (see Simms, 2014;
Lehndorff, 2012). The second regards significant shifts in the international competitive landscape where
the Europe appears to be losing ground in traditional and advanced technology markets (see Tate et al.,
2014; and Kinkel, 2014 in this book). The focus of this chapter concerns the second dimension. This note
argues that despite its internal contradions Europe is striving for the co-creation of a new global market
structure according to a new and ambitious vision reflected in several policy documents. It aims to
create new global value networks and provide new rationales for globalization (see, European
Commission, 2012; van de Velde et al., 2013). It will be shown in this note that a number of weak signals
together indicate that Europe is underway to prepare the terrain to remain a relevant global actor on
innovation and production networks - with or without full concerted action of its member states.
TNO Identifier
523510
ISBN
978-90-823429-0-1
Source title
6 Countries Programme Conference 14-15 April, 2014, Stedelijk Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Editor(s)
Giessen, A.M. van der
Stolwijk, C.
Leijten, J.
Stolwijk, C.
Leijten, J.
Pages
125-136