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The competitiveness of the UK aerospace industry

Braddon, Derek; Hartley, Keith

Authors

Derek Braddon

Keith Hartley



Abstract

Porter's five competitive forces model provides an analytical framework for assessing the UK aerospace industry's competitiveness in this article. Various statistical indicators are used to measure competitiveness, based on published data at the industry and firm level, supplemented with information from company interviews. The indicators include productivity, output, firm size, development time-scales, labour hoarding, exports and profitability. The empirical results of this article suggest that, over the period 1980 to 2000, the UK aerospace industry improved its competitiveness compared with the USA and the EU.

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Apr 1, 2007
Journal Applied Economics
Print ISSN 0003-6846
Electronic ISSN 1466-4283
Publisher Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 39
Issue 6
Pages 715-726
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840500448391
Keywords aerospace industry
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1028526
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00036840500448391