Defense Industries in Latin American Countries: Argentina, Brazil, and Chile

by Pier A. Abetti, Jose O Maldifassi

Overview

This book develops a model for analyzing the relationships of the defense industry with the productive infrastructure, the political constraints, and the technological capabilities of a semi-industrialized country. This model is used as the base for the analysis of the defense industries of semi-industrialized Latin-American countries that have shown a proven capacity to produce and export indigenous defense equipment: Argentina, Brazil and Chile. The defense industries of these three countries are described and analyzed in depth, with the objective of determining the reasons for their varying performance and of assessing the effects, positive or negative, on their respective national economies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275947293
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/30/1994
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)
Lexile:	1590L (what's this?)

About the Author

JOSE O. MALDIFASSI is a Lieutenant Commander in the Chilean Navy and Project Manager of the Chilean Navy's Research and Development Directorate.

PIER A. ABETTI is Professor of Management and Enterpreneurship in the School of Management of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Table of Contents

Illustrations
Introduction
A Model of the Defense Industry in Semi-Industrialized Countries
The Defense Industry of Brazil
The Defense Industry of Argentina
The Defense Industry of Chile
Comparative Analysis of the Defense Industries of Argentina, Brazil, and Chile
The Relationship between Science and Technology and the Defense Industries in Latin America
Assessment of the Economic Impact of the Defense Industries in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile
Conclusions
Appendix I: Calculations of National Purchases and Total Defense Production
Bibliography