Chains, networks and shifting paradigms: The UK defence industry supply system

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 535-550

  Dowdall, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Stockholm International Peace Research Institute   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Literature review; Networks; Primary research; Restructuring; Supply chain; UK defence industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 10844266707     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1024269042000246639     Document Type: Review

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