This Handbook is practical resource for policymakers to design industrial strategies and implement industrial policy instruments. The descriptive examples throughout aim to support policymakers in considering a range of design and implementation choices while remaining attentive to context, evidence and potential risks. Readers can find the links to other relevant OECD work below.
Criscuolo, C. et al. (2022), An industrial policy framework for OECD countries: Old debates, new perspectives, OECD Science, Technology and Industry Policy Papers, No. 127, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/0002217c-en.
Criscuolo, C. et al. (2022), “Are industrial policy instruments effective?: A review of the evidence in OECD countries”, OECD Science, Technology and Industry Policy Papers, No. 128, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/57b3dae2-en.
EC-OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Policy | STIP Compass, https://stip.oecd.org (accessed 1 April 2026).
OECD (2018), Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs 2018: An OECD Scoreboard, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/fin_sme_ent-2018-en.
OECD (2023), Regions in Industrial Transition 2023: New Approaches to Persistent Problems, OECD Regional Development Studies, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/5604c2ab-en.
OECD (2024), Pro‑competitive industrial policy, OECD Roundtables on Competition Policy Papers, No. 309, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/7c6b4708-en.
OECD (2025), OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Outlook 2025: Driving Change in a Shifting Landscape, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/5fe57b90-en.
OECD (2025), An institutional framework for industrial policies, OECD Science, Technology and Industry Policy Papers, No. 180, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/0135eaba-en.
OECD (2025), Quantifying industrial strategies 2019‑2022: Trends and priorities across 11 OECD countries, OECD Science, Technology and Industry Policy Papers, No. 179, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/91e20a26-en.
OECD (2025), Transaction data for evidence‑based industrial policy, OECD Science, Technology and Industry Policy Papers, No. 178, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/46d7c123-en.
Overarching analysis of the 2025 EC-OECD STIP Survey data