Raus aus der Mid-Tech-Falle: Eine Industriepolitik für Europa

Julia Elspaß; Roland Mattmüller; Diane Robers

doi:10.2478/wd-2025-0148

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Raus aus der Mid-Tech-Falle: Eine Industriepolitik für Europa

Wirtschaftsdienst

Volume 105 (2025): Issue 8 (August 2025)

By: Julia Elspaß, Roland Mattmüller and Diane Robers

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|Aug 2025

Abstract

The article discusses the structural decline in Europe’s competitiveness and argues for a strategic reorientation of European industrial policy. It proposes an integrated and systemic understanding of competitiveness across macro, meso, and micro levels, highlighting the meso level with its value creation networks and regional location factors as a key lever for enhancing location attractiveness. The paper outlines actionable policy recommendations and calls for a coordinated, forward-looking industrial strategy that strengthens Europe’s resilience, innovation capacity, and geopolitical agency by actively shaping the conditions for strong regional value creation.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/wd-2025-0148 | Journal eISSN: 1613-978X | Journal ISSN: 0043-6275

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