What Makes Industries Strategic : A Perspective on Technology, Economic Development, and Defense

Contents: technology development as strategy (America in the world economy); technological dependence; networks of development (corporate and local networks; leading-edge sectors as engines of growth); the strategic content of key industries (agriculture, chemicals, motor vehicles, semiconductors, military aerospace, fashion); perspectives on defense policy (the challenge of industrial integration); perspectives on commercial policy (trade, standards, foreign direct investment); and national stakes in the globalization of industry.Libicki, Martin C. is the author of 'What Makes Industries Strategic : A Perspective on Technology, Economic Development, and Defense', published 1990 under ISBN 9780160258886 and ISBN 016025888X.