Martin C. Libicki

What Makes Industries Strategic: a Perspective on Technology, Economic Development, and Defense Martin C. Libicki

CONTENTS Technology Development as Strategy America in the World Economy - A Network Metaphor Technological Dependence What Makes Industries Strategic to Defense? - How Structure Affects Opportunity Networks of Development The Paradox of Specialization - Network Capital - Developmental Linkages - Corporate and Local Networks - Gateway Nodes in the Linkage Structure - Leading-Edge Sectors as Engines of Growth The Strategic Content of Key Industries Agriculture - Fashion - Chemicals - Motor Vehicles - Semiconductors - Military Aerospace - Implications of Strategic Content Perspectives on Defense Policy The Costs of Dichotomy - The Challenge of Industrial Integration - Acquisition: Systems, Scale, and Factories - Defense Trade Relations - Conclusion - A Paradox Perspectives on Commercial Policy Trade - Standards - Patronage - Foreign Direct Investment - Conclusion National Stakes in the Globalization of Industry The Players - The Stakes - Strategy Is Perspective Abbreviations