Coupled with the continuing threat of reduced defence expenditures and increasing competition, European defence companies have reacted with a number of strategic manoeuvres involving mergers, acquisitions and other forms of alliance. Moves towards a single European defence industry have been a...

This volume constitutes the first ever attempt to establish a basis for comparative research on defence procurement regulation. For decades there has been repeated emphasis on the extent to which barriers to trade in Europe and the US prevent a more competitive defence market. Transatlantic...

Abstract: Mit umfassenden Analysen der Verteidigungs- und Bündnispolitik erschließt dieses Buch ein bisher wenig bearbeitetes Forschungsfeld im Bereich der Politischen Ökonomie. Für die nationale Verteidigungspolitik untersucht es die Spielräume des Politikers, des Bürokraten und des...

This important book, a successor volume to European Industries, brings together a number of in-depth and authoritative studies of key European industries, providing fascinating insights into their nature and characteristics

Traditionally, the EU defence sector has been fragmented into several weakly integrated and highly protected domestic markets which often leads to the duplication of innovative efforts, rising production costs and an overall lack of competitiveness. This book investigates the ongoing...