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Exploring The Miracle: Strategy And Management Of The Knowledge Base In The Aeronautics Industry

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  • VIRGINIA ACHA

    (Innovation Studies Centre, Tanaka Business School, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK)

  • STEFANO BRUSONI

    (CESPRI & CRORA, Bocconi University, Via Sarfatti 25, 20136 Milan, Italy)

  • ANDREA PRENCIPE

    (DASTA, University G. d'Annunzio, Pescara, Italy;
    SPRU, University of Sussex, UK)

Abstract

We consider here the governance of learning and the diffusion of technological knowledge in the civil aircraft industry. We describe a systemic process by which specialization in knowledge encourages depth whilst breadth is captured through the integration of contributions by the lead manufacturer, which acts as systems integrator. We explore the boundaries of the knowledge bases related to airframe structure and systems and aircraft instrumentation by using patents as tracers, considering the range of scientific and technological disciplines related to the industry as well as the sources of that knowledge. We conclude that knowledge base supporting the aeronautics industry is complex and multidisciplinary, and that firms acting as system integrators have to hold the broadest knowledge bases to co-ordinate design and production.

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  • Virginia Acha & Stefano Brusoni & Andrea Prencipe, 2007. "Exploring The Miracle: Strategy And Management Of The Knowledge Base In The Aeronautics Industry," International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 4(01), pages 15-39.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijitmx:v:04:y:2007:i:01:n:s021987700700093x
    DOI: 10.1142/S021987700700093X
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