Accession Number:

ADA326343

Title:

HASA/DOD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project. Paper 62. The Influence of Knowledge Diffusion on Aeronautics Innovation: The Research, Development, and Production of Large Commercial Aircraft in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

INDIANA UNIV AT BLOOMINGTON

Personal Author(s):

• Golich, Vicki L.
• Pinelli, Thomas E.

Report Date:

1997-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

34.0

Abstract:

This paper focuses on how European public policies-individually and collectively-influence the diffusion of knowledge and technology. It begins with an overview of the roles played historically and currently by European governments in the research, development, and production RDP of large commercial aircraft LCA. The analytical framework brings together literature from global political economy, comparative politics, business management, and science and technology policy studies. It distinguishes between the production of knowledge, on the one hand, and the dissemination of knowledge, on the other. France, Germany, and the United kingdom serve as the analytical cases. The paper concludes with a call for additional research in this area, some tentative lessons learned, and a discussion of the consequences of national strategies and policies for the diffusion of knowledge and technology in an era of globalization.

Descriptors:

• *POLICIES
• *COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT
• EUROPE
• POLITICAL SCIENCE
• LESSONS LEARNED
• STRATEGY
• MANAGEMENT
• PRODUCTION
• AERONAUTICS
• FRANCE
• GERMANY
• UNITED KINGDOM

Subject Categories:

• Commercial and General Aviation
• Government and Political Science

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE