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  • Above and Beyond

    Exploring the Business of Space

    by Louis Brennan, Loizos Heracleous, Alessandra Vecchi ...
    The global space sector has always been regarded as a cutting-edge field, futuristic and at the forefront of innovation. In recent years, the sector has undergone massive change, giving rise to a high-technology niche worth over $330 billion in revenues worldwide and growing. That process, encompassing a greater and more diverse set of actors, has been described as the "democratization of space. ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Reshoring of Manufacturing

    Drivers, Opportunities, and Challenges

    Edited by Alessandra Vecchi ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book examines key aspects of the increasingly important phenomenon of reshoring – the decision of companies to reverse offshoring by bringing manufacturing back from overseas. The aim is to equip readers with a full understanding of the current extent of reshoring, its drivers, and the associated opportunities and challenges. The impact of governments’ economic policies on the location ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • International Manufacturing Strategy in a Time of Great Flux

    Edited by Louis Brennan, Alessandra Vecchi ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book assesses the state of international manufacturing strategy and clarifies how recent developments, for example regarding configuration, technology, and the environment, are impacting on its content and direction and on its relationship to manufacturing performance. In providing up-to-date coverage of the consequences of such forces and factors for international manufacturing, this book ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Chinese Acquisitions in Developed Countries

    Operational Challenges and Opportunities

    Edited by Alessandra Vecchi ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book assesses Chinese acquisitions in developed countries, evaluates the drivers and opportunities and, above all, explores the major operational challenges. It discusses topics such as cross-cultural issues, integration strategies, risk and resilience, the influence of emerging technologies, servitization, impacts on reshoring, corporate social responsibility, branding strategies, knowledge ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • The Global Commercial Aviation Industry

    Edited by Sören Eriksson, Harm-Jan Steenhuis ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
    This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of the changes and development of the civil international aircraft/aviation industry. It offers a fully up-to-date account of the international developments and structure in the aircraft and aviation industries from a number of perspectives, which include economic, geographical, political and technological points of view.The aircraft industry is ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Making Space Happen

    Private Space Ventures and the Visionaries Behind Them

    by Paula Berinstein ...
    Most people equate space exploration with NASA—its multimillion-dollar, taxpayer funded programs and its small, elite corps of astronauts—but the public is largely unaware of the many privately funded efforts to develop space for human tourism and settlement. Making Space Happen takes readers on a first-of-its-kind journey inside the private space revolution, revealing the remarkable projects and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Gravity Well

    by Stephen Sandford, Jay Heinrichs ...
    THE ANSWER TO AMERICA'S RENEWAL LIES DIRECTLY ABOVE US.The Gravity Well reveals an astronomical mystery while offering the best promise for our nation's future. What is the Gravity Well?A deep hole in space,A force that presses us to Earth,An obstacle stretching a million miles up and out, with us at the bottom,And our generation's most promising challenge.Conquering the Well offers our best hope ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Faster, Better, Cheaper

    Low-Cost Innovation in the U.S. Space Program

    by Howard E. McCurdy ...
    Series series New Series in NASA History
    "This excellent summary of an important part of NASA's history is recommended for all readers." — ChoiceIn Faster, Better, Cheaper: Low-Cost Innovation in the U.S. Space Program, Howard E. McCurdy examines NASA's recent efforts to save money while improving mission frequency and performance. McCurdy details sixteen missions undertaken as the twentieth century drew to a close—including an orbit of ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Space Safety Regulations and Standards

    Edited by Joseph N. Pelton, Ram Jakhu ...
    When international rules and regulations governing space travel were first being developed, only a few countries had any space presence and commercial space activity was non-existent. Today, over 50 countries have on-orbit satellites and commercial space presence is essential to commercial telecommunications and broadcasting, yet international space law remains in its infancy.Space Safety ... Read more

    $179.99 USD

  • Becoming Spacefarers

    Rescuing America's Space Program

    by James A. Vedda ...
    What is a spacefaring society, and how do we get there from here? In addressing these questions, this book examines how partisanship and parochialism have hindered American space dreams in recent years, and demonstrates that the lessons we should have learned from U.S. history can put us on a more productive path. Instead of being stuck in Stage One space development (space as a training ground), ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Space Warfare in the 21st Century

    Arming the Heavens

    by Joan Johnson-Freese ...
    Series series Cass Military Studies
    This book examines the recent shift in US space policy and the forces that continually draw the US back into a space-technology security dilemma.The dual-use nature of the vast majority of space technology, meaning of value to both civilian and military communities and being unable to differentiate offensive from defensive intent of military hardware, makes space an area particularly ripe for a ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Space Strategy in the 21st Century

    Theory and Policy

    Edited by Eligar Sadeh ...
    Series series Space Power and Politics
    This book offers an overview of space strategy in the 21st century.The purpose of space strategy is to coordinate, integrate, and prioritize space activities across security, commercial, and civil sectors. Without strategy, space activities continue to provide value, but it becomes difficult to identify and execute long-term programs and projects and to optimize the use of space for security, ... Read more

    $61.99 USD