Malcolm Abbott, Jill Bamforth

The Early Development of the Aviation Industry (eBook, ePUB)

Entrepreneurs of the Sky

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Early Development of the Aviation Industry provides an introduction to the world of the early aviation industry and the business endeavours of the original aviators. This book is essential reading for students and academics who are interested in the development of aviation and entrepreneurial behaviour.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429768859
• Artikelnr.: 56760440

Autorenporträt

Malcolm Abbott is an Associate professor of Economics at the Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. The main fields of work in which he has been engaged have been the development of utilities including airports, energy markets and the manner in which pricing and access to network infrastructure is regulated by government agencies. In addition, he has also worked in other areas of government policy including aviation, rail, dairy industry deregulation, stevedoring and education.

Jill Bamforth is Academic Director for Work Integrated Learning at the Faculty of Business and Law at Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia. She lectures and publishes in management and entrepreneurship.

Inhaltsangabe

PART 1: THEMES AND METHODS 1 Introduction 2 Entrepreneurship, its origins
and recent experience 3 Overview of the global aviation industry 1903 to
1945 PART 2: ENTREPRENEURIAL AVIATORS 4 The earliest days in the United
States: the Wright brothers, Glenn H. Curtiss, Allan Lockheed and Glenn L.
Martin. 5 The French connection: Louis Blériot Raymond Saulnier, the Farman
Brothers and Marcel Dassault 6 The British pioneers: A.V. Roe, the Short
brothers, Robert Blackburn and Frederick Handley 7 The captains of
industry: George Holt Thomas and Thomas Sopwith 8 From domestic aviation to
military: Geoffrey de Havilland and Nevil Shute 9 The engine makers: Henry
Royce and Frederick B. Rentschler 10 A new era of transport: James Smith
McDonnell, Donald Willis Douglas and William Boeing PART 3: SUMMARY 11 A
global industry 12 Starters and runners: innovation and security industry
13 Conclusion