DocumentCode
815189
Title
Companies in profile
Author
Kaplan, G. ; Watson, G.F.
Volume
29
Issue
12
fYear
1992
Firstpage
37
Lastpage
45
Abstract
Steps taken by eight companies and by the Israeli defense industry to switch from the military to the commercial markets for their products and services are outlined. The companies discussed are Thomson-CSF, Hughes Aircraft, M/A-COM, Raytheon, Irvine Sensors, Westinghouse, Qualcomm, and GEC-Marconi. Their strategies are explained and their successes described.<>
Keywords
technology transfer; GEC-Marconi; Hughes Aircraft; Irvine Sensors; Israeli defense industry; M/A-COM; Qualcomm; Raytheon; Thomson-CSF; Westinghouse; commercial markets; military market; products; services; Technology transfer;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/6.177263
Filename
177263
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