LEADER 04623nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910827420703321 005 20240418124654.0 010 $a1-281-95710-0 010 $a9786611957100 010 $a0-226-31889-3 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226318899 035 $a(CKB)1000000000579807 035 $a(EBL)408187 035 $a(OCoLC)436096151 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000105624 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11140274 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105624 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10106706 035 $a(PQKB)10504745 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408187 035 $a(DE-B1597)524727 035 $a(OCoLC)309145668 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226318899 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408187 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10265928 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL195710 035 $a(OCoLC)646783231 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000579807 100 $a20080326d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aArms and innovation $eentrepreneurship and alliances in the twenty-first-century defense industry /$fJames Hasik 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (199 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-31887-7 311 $a0-226-31886-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [153]-183) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $t1. The Fast and the Many The Theoretical Background on Small Firms and Alliances in the Arms Industry -- $t2. Dream Teams and Brilliant Eyes The SBIRS Low Program, Northrop Grumman's Acquisition of TRW, and the Implications for the Structure of the Military Space Industry -- $t3. Unmanned, Unafraid, and Underscoped Success in Four Wars with the Predator Reconnaissance-Strike Drone -- $t4. Five Bombs in One Hole, and Cheaply The Joint Direct Attack Munition and the Mass Production of Precision Destruction -- $t5. Dili and the Pirates HMAS Jervis Bay and the Military Potential of Aluminum Catamarans -- $t6. Mountains Miles Apart Power Scene, the Dayton Peace Talks, and the Demise of Cambridge Research Associates -- $t7. Drop Your Purse Force Protection and Blast-Resistant Vehicles -- $t8. The Two Towers Concluding Advice to Small Firms, Large Firms, and Governments -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aWith many of the most important new military systems of the past decade produced by small firms that won competitive government contracts, defense-industry consultant James Hasik argues in Arms and Innovation that small firms have a number of advantages relative to their bigger competitors. Such firms are marked by an entrepreneurial spirit and fewer bureaucratic obstacles, and thus can both be more responsive to changes in the environment and more strategic in their planning. This is demonstrated, Hasik shows, by such innovation in military technologies as those that protect troops from roadside bombs in Iraq and the Predator drones that fly over active war zones and that are crucial to our new war on terror. For all their advantages, small firms also face significant challenges in access to capital and customers. To overcome such problems, they can form alliances either with each other or with larger companies. Hasik traces the trade-offs of such alliances and provides crucial insight into their promises and pitfalls. This ground-breaking study is a significant contribution to understanding both entrepreneurship and alliances, two crucial factors in business generally. It will be of interest to readers in the defense sector as well as the wider business community. 606 $aDefense industries$zUnited States 606 $aDefense industries$xTechnological innovations$zUnited States 610 $adefense, military, weapons, alliance, entrepreneurship, technology, space, trw, acquisition, merger, northrop grumman, low program, sbirs, munitions, bombs, drone, reconnaissance, predator, destruction, precision, production, catamarans, aluminum, cambridge research associates, dayton peace talks, powerscene, vehicles, blast-resistant, force protection, nonfiction, government, politics, economics, business, industry. 615 0$aDefense industries 615 0$aDefense industries$xTechnological innovations 676 $a338.4/735500973 700 $aHasik$b James M.$f1966-$01657734 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827420703321 996 $aArms and innovation$94011311 997 $aUNINA