Effectiveness of State Technology Incentives: Evidence from the Machine Tool Industry, Executive Summary, The
以1972-1987年美国机床行业为例，分析制造业效率和工厂生存的决定因素，并评估制造推广计划等公共政策的效果，为面临类似问题的行业提供政策建议。
Few economic issues have captured as much attention in recent years as the apparent decline in U.S. industrial competitiveness. Numerous studies prepared by various national commissions, policy organizations, and academics have documented industrial decline, uncovering its causes, and proposing remedies for U.S. industry. Most of the research has identified manufacturing as the industrial sector that has experienced the most serious erosion of cost and quality superiority.\nWith a view toward building a stronger basis for such public policy decisions, researchers at the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development set out to study some essential questions about the efficiency of manufacturing. Using the machine tool industry from 1972 to 1987 as an example, the study, which is summarized here, examines determinants of manufacturing efficiency and plant survival, and the effectiveness of public policy. Manufacturing or industrial extension programs, which provide a variety of technical and managerial assistance, were chosen for policy evaluation. The study suggests public and private responses to the productivity crisis that might improve the competitiveness of manufacturing for industries experiencing problems similar to those observed in the machine tool industry.