Exploring scale the advantages of thinking small

MIT Sloan Management Review

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 33-39

  Pil, Frits K ^a,b   Holweg, Matthias ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Research and Development Center   (United States)

^c MITs Center for Technology Policy and Industrial Development   (United States)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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References (7)

1. In addition to extensive global survey work in the auto industry, we have interviewed executives and industry specialists in a range of industries, including airlines, aircraft producers, biotechnology and consumer goods.
2. A.J. Scott, "The Roepke Lecture on Economic Geography: The Collective Order of Flexible Production Agglomerations: Lessons for Local Economic Development Policy and Strategic Choice," Economic Geography 68 (July 1992): 219-233.
3. Rgures according to the Federal Aviation Administration; see http://www.faa.gov/education/documents/salary.htm.
4. J. Cox, "Bush Slaps Tariffs on Steel Imports," USA Today, Wednesday, Mar. 6, 2002, sec. B, p. 1.
5. Gas-turbine specialist Williams International has developed the engines for these air taxis. Airframe producers include startups like Eclipse Aviation and Farnborough Aircraft.
6. The Eclipse 500 twin jet, which made its maiden flight on Aug 29, 2002, has a base weight of 2,700 pounds - similar to that of a Volkswagen Golf and less than half the curb weight of a Lincoln Navigator.
7. See, for example, P. Wells and P. Nieuwenhuis, "Why Big Business Should Think Small," Automotive World, July-August 2000, 32-38.