| ID | 134024 |
| Title Proper | Collaborative projects and the number of partner nations |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Hartley, Keith ; Braddon, Derek |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Collaborative defence projects have been a distinctive feature of European defence industrial policy. This article focuses on whether the number of partner nations in international collaborative defence and aerospace programmes is a source of inefficiency. It appears that there is not a simple linear relationship. Two nation collaborations can be efficient, but conventional wisdom assumes that inefficiencies emerge with more than two partner nations. Inevitably, data problems made what appears to be a simple hypothesis difficult to test. The major result is that there is no evidence that efficiency as measured by development times is adversely affected by the number of partner nations. A limited sample regression and a comparison of Airbus vs. Boeing shows a similar conclusion. |
| `In' analytical Note | Defence and Peace Economics Vol.25, No.6; Dec.2014: p.535.548 |
| Journal Source | Defence and Peace Economics Vol.25, No.6; Dec.2014: p.535.548 |
| Key Words | Collaboration ; Number of partners ; Costs ; Time-scales ; Output ; Airbus ; Boeing ; Aviation ; Economic Measurement ; Economic Growth ; International Collaborative ; European Defence Industrial Policy - EDIP ; Defence Projects ; Collaborative Defence Projects - CDP |