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    <h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">The Development of Competitive Industries: The Role of State Government Actors</h1>
    <p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Wickham, Mark</span> (2007) <xhtml:em>The Development of Competitive Industries: The Role of State Government Actors.</xhtml:em> The Australian Journal of Public Administration, 66 (1). pp. 38-51. ISSN 0313-6647</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1563/1/Wickham.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1563/1/Wickham.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Full text restricted - Requires a PDF viewer<br />306Kb</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a onmouseover="EPJS_ShowPreview( event, 'doc_preview_2027' );" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1563/2/Author_version.pdf" onmouseout="EPJS_HidePreview( event, 'doc_preview_2027' );"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a><div class="ep_preview" id="doc_preview_2027"><table><tr><td><img alt="" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1563/thumbnails/2/preview.png" class="ep_preview_image" border="0" /><div class="ep_preview_title">Preview</div></td></tr></table></div></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1563/2/Author_version.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF (Author Version)</span></a> - Requires a PDF viewer<br />99Kb</td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8500.2007.00512.x">http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8500.2007.00512.x</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">Despite widespread adoption of Porter's Industrial Cluster Theory as a policy development
framework by federal and state governments over the past decade, Australia remains significantly
below the OECD average in terms of its industries' economic contributions to real
wealth creation (Brown 2000; OECD 1998). The major cause cited for this relatively poor
performance has been inability of key government officials to implement effective industry
policy that simultaneously avoids de facto protectionism and distortion of competition. This
article provides an insight into the key policy decisions undertaken by the Tasmanian state
government that coincided with development of an internationally successful shipbuilding
industry in that state. As such, this article provides a reflection on policy initiatives that may
be valuable for government officials elsewhere.
</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Additional Information:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">industrial policy development, Tasmanian light shipbuilding industry, semi-structured
interviews, policy initiatives
</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/360203.html">360000 Policy and Political Science &gt; 360200 Policy and Administration &gt; 360203 Research, Science and Technology Policy</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">1563</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Dr Mark Wickham</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">13 Aug 2007</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=1563;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&amp;eprintid=1563">item control page</a></p>
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