258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book is a unique collection of perspectives provided by a mix of leading academics, industrialists and government officials on the challenges facing the European aerospace industry. The book focuses on two interrelated, daunting challenges. The consolidated American aerospace industry, which in the 1990s has undergone $100bn worth of merger activity. The second is the compelling task of... Read more
Contents: Strategic Issues: The world aerospace industry: from internationalisation to globalization, Keith Hayward; Widening the scope of aerospace collaboration: consolidation and cooperation, Carmelo Cosentino; Europe vs. America: strategic trade in civil aeronautics; The US drive for aeronautical supremacy, David W. Thornton; Civil/Defence linkage in aerospace: the political significance of a strategic industry. The European Challenge: The European response to globalization, Adolf Revuelta; The role of the EU as a catalyser for the integration of the aerospace industry in Europe, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow; Consolidation in European aerospace: a UK perspective, Robert Whitfield; The European response to the challenge of American aerospace consolidation in civil aeronautics, Michel Bieler; Meeting the challenge: the emergence of airbus as a single company, Peter Bruce; Integration and consolidation in European military and civil aerospace: an urgent task, Horst Prem. Project Case Studies: Can FLA bring about a new approach to defence procurement in Europe, Iain G. Gray; Eurofighter: the new challenge of collaboration in military aerospace, Air Vice-Marshall Peter Norriss. Technology Development Issues: The strategic significance of R&T strategy; Beyond technology foresight: European aerospace research and technology in the 21st century; Propulsion research and technology: the power to compete, Mike J. Goulette and Group Captain J.K. Newton; A new perspective on aeronautics R&T for Europe, Dieter Schmitt; Technology diffusion and globalization in civil aeronautics, Steven McGuire.
Biography
Philip K. Lawrence, Director, Aerospace Research Group, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. Derek L. Braddon, Associate Director, Aerospace Research Group, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.
