Ethnocentric vs. Regiocentric Consolidation in the Aerospace and

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The Aerospace and Defence Industry in a Globalising World
1.1 What this thesis is all about p. 11
1.2 The economic and strategic importance of the aerospace industry p. 21
1.3 The consolidation of the US and European aerospace industries p. 33
after the end of the Cold War
1.4 International collaboration and governmental intervention p. 39
in the aerospace industry
Chapter 2: The Intellectual Battlefield: Competing Theoretical Frameworks
2.1 Bound to compete: realism and the BMD / EADS mergers p. 48
2.2 Bound to cooperate: neo-liberal institutionalism and the BMD / EADS mergers p. 70
2.3 Highlighting actors’ beliefs and identities: the role of constructivist theory p. 80
2.4 PhD thesis methodology: the case for case studies p. 92
Chapter 3: The Boeing / McDonnell Douglas Merger
3.1 Scaling back: the post-Cold War downturn in military spending p. 103
3.2 Corporate strategies to deal with the post-Cold War downturn p. 109
in defence spending
3.3 “The Last Supper”: how the US government promoted and constrained p. 113
aerospace and defence industry consolidation in the United States
3.4 The race to scale: US aerospace and defence industry consolidation p. 120
after the Cold War
3.5 Boeing, McDonnell Douglas and the “new” Boeing p. 123
Chapter 4: The EADS Merger
4.1 Aerospace and defence industrial consolidation, collaboration, p. 136
and competition in Europe
4.2 The failed EADC and BAe / DASA consolidation talks p. 151
4.3 EADS and its founding companies: Aérospatiale Matra, DASA, and CASA p. 156
4.3.1 Aérospatiale Matra (AM) p. 161
4.3.2 DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA) p. 163
4.3.3 Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) p. 164
4.4 The Galileo Global Navigation Satellite System p. 165
4.5 France’s unique approach to the aerospace and defence industry p. 172
Chapter 5: Going American: Explaining The Boeing / McDonnell Douglas Merger
5.1 The aerospace and defence industry: caught between two worlds p. 179
5.2 Growing foreign dependence of the US aerospace and defence industrial base p. 187
5.3 The rise of economic rivalries among Western allies in the post-Cold War world p. 197
5.4 Major transatlantic M&As after the end of the Cold War p. 202
5.4.1 The DaimlerChrysler merger: “a marriage made in heaven”? p. 203
5.4.2 Deutsche Bank’s take-over of Bankers Trust p. 206
5.4.3 Deutsche Telekom’s take-over of VoiceStream p. 209
5.5 Moving both towards and away from aerospace and defence p. 213
industrial globalisation
Chapter 6: Building Europe and Balancing the American Hegemon
6.1 The emergence of CFSP and ESDI p. 217
6.2 The ESDP breakthrough: from St. Malo to Helsinki and beyond p. 226
6.3 The US reaction to ESDP: “Yes, but…” p. 238
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