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Arms and Innovation : Entrepreneurship and Alliances in the Twenty -First-century Defense Industry
by James Hasik
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0226318869
- ISBN 13
- 9780226318868
- Seller
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Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Chicago & London: The University of Chicago Press, 2008 189 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Size F: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm).
Synopsis
With 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.
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- Bookseller
- Goulds Book Arcade
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 84017
- Title
- Arms and Innovation : Entrepreneurship and Alliances in the Twenty -First-century Defense Industry
- Author
- James Hasik
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0226318869
- ISBN 13
- 9780226318868
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago & London
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- [[422G JPG 8 Defense Industry Arms Innovation
- Size
- Size F: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm)
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About Goulds Book Arcade
A local, family-run bookshop, Goulds is a member of the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA).
Since 1989 Goulds Book Arcade was at the city end of King St, Newtown, but moved in late 2018.
The shop is now located at 536 King St.
That's directly opposite Alice St in south Newtown, near the New Theatre.
If you want to pick up ordered items from the shop please contact us first as the listed items are not stored at the shop.
Since 1989 Goulds Book Arcade was at the city end of King St, Newtown, but moved in late 2018.
The shop is now located at 536 King St.
That's directly opposite Alice St in south Newtown, near the New Theatre.
If you want to pick up ordered items from the shop please contact us first as the listed items are not stored at the shop.
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