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The Competitive Status of the U.S. Civil Aviation Manufacturing Industry A Study of the Influences of Technology in Determining International Industrial Competitive Advantage (1985) / Chapter Skim
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... a productive, decades-long relationship among the government, the major airlines, and the aircraft manufacturers in the context of a free market economy; (b) a combination of economic and geographical considerations in the United States that has favored air transport over other modes of transportation; (c)
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... European manufacturers sometimes led in introducing new technology, e.g., first use of jet engines in commercial transports and first smaller twoengine jets, but they did not succeed in marshalling the array of competitive factors that led to commercial leadership. The principal reasons for the past success of U.S.
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