The competitiveness of the UK aerospace industry

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

The aerospace industry is often regarded as one of Britain's last remaining world class, high technology manufacturing industries and this paper assesses its international competitiveness. Various statistical indicators are used to measure competitiveness, based on published data at the industry and firm level, supplemented with information derived from company interviews. Indicators include productivity, output, firm size, development time-scales, labour hoarding, exports and profitability. The empirical results of this paper suggest that, over the period 1980-2000, the UK aerospace industry improved its competitiveness compared with the USA and the EU.

Object Details

• Extent: Seite(n): 715-726
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Applied Economics, 39(6)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Wirtschaft ; Wirtschaftssektoren

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Braddon, Derek Lindsay ; Hartley, Keith
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
• (when): 2007

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840500448391
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-239456
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:26 PM CEST