Make-or-Buy Decisions in Aerospace Organizations (eBook)

Dr. Dr. Robert A. Goehlich studied Aerospace Engineering at the Technical University Berlin and received his doctoral degree in Engineering in 2003. From 2003 to 2005, he created and lectured the world's first “Space Tourism” Master's and Ph.D. courses as a visiting professor at Keio University, Yokohama, Japan. Since then, he has conducted various projects at an aerospace company. In 2008, he received his doctoral degree in Economics from the European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel, Germany.

Foreword 6
Acknowledgements 7
Abstract 9
Table of Contents 10
List of Figures and Tables 12
List of Abbreviations 14
Definitions 16
1 Introduction 17
1.1 Motivation 17
1.2 Structure and Analylical Procedure 18
1.3 Thc Need for Efficicncy, Organizations and Multinational Acting 19
2 Economic Characteristics of Aerospacc Organizations 22
2.1 Introduction 22
2.2 Characteristics 23
2.3 Discussion 36
2.4 Results 38
3 Outsourcing Strategies in Europe, USA and Japan: A Case of Space Organizations 39
3.1 Introduction 39
3.2 Theoretical Approaches for Outsourcing 41
3.3 Case Study of Space Organizations 44
3.4 Discussion 49
3.5 Results 51
4 Development of a Make-or-Buy Decision-supporting Process 53
4.1 Introduction 53
4.2 The Process 55
4.3 Application of Process 92
4.4 Discussion 101
4.5 Results 107
5 Conclusion 109
References 113
About the Author 131