Arms and innovation [[electronic resource] ] : entrepreneurship and alliances in the twenty-first-century defense industry / / James Hasik |
Autore | Hasik James M. <1966-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.4/735500973 |
Soggetto topico |
Defense industries - United States
Defense industries - Technological innovations - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-95710-0
9786611957100 0-226-31889-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. The Fast and the Many The Theoretical Background on Small Firms and Alliances in the Arms Industry -- 2. 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 -- 3. Unmanned, Unafraid, and Underscoped Success in Four Wars with the Predator Reconnaissance-Strike Drone -- 4. Five Bombs in One Hole, and Cheaply The Joint Direct Attack Munition and the Mass Production of Precision Destruction -- 5. Dili and the Pirates HMAS Jervis Bay and the Military Potential of Aluminum Catamarans -- 6. Mountains Miles Apart Power Scene, the Dayton Peace Talks, and the Demise of Cambridge Research Associates -- 7. Drop Your Purse Force Protection and Blast-Resistant Vehicles -- 8. The Two Towers Concluding Advice to Small Firms, Large Firms, and Governments -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454460603321 |
Hasik James M. <1966-> | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Arms and innovation [[electronic resource] ] : entrepreneurship and alliances in the twenty-first-century defense industry / / James Hasik |
Autore | Hasik James M. <1966-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.4/735500973 |
Soggetto topico |
Defense industries - United States
Defense industries - Technological innovations - United States |
Soggetto non controllato | defense, 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 |
ISBN |
1-281-95710-0
9786611957100 0-226-31889-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. The Fast and the Many The Theoretical Background on Small Firms and Alliances in the Arms Industry -- 2. 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 -- 3. Unmanned, Unafraid, and Underscoped Success in Four Wars with the Predator Reconnaissance-Strike Drone -- 4. Five Bombs in One Hole, and Cheaply The Joint Direct Attack Munition and the Mass Production of Precision Destruction -- 5. Dili and the Pirates HMAS Jervis Bay and the Military Potential of Aluminum Catamarans -- 6. Mountains Miles Apart Power Scene, the Dayton Peace Talks, and the Demise of Cambridge Research Associates -- 7. Drop Your Purse Force Protection and Blast-Resistant Vehicles -- 8. The Two Towers Concluding Advice to Small Firms, Large Firms, and Governments -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782429803321 |
Hasik James M. <1966-> | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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