Mastering failure
Technological and organisational challenges in British and American military jet propulsion, 1943–57
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8418451 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip Scranton (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 479-504 |
| Publication date | 2011-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Business History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6791 • E-ISSN: 1743-7938 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00076791.2011.578130 |
| OpenAlex | W1965234564 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 15 |
This essay undertakes a comparative review of radical innovation in the early Cold War, when UK jet propulsion development far outpaced any US efforts. British ingenuity created a series of jet engines which Americans adopted. One among these, which captures contrasting organisational formats for handling complexity and innovation, was the Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire, a tough, reliable propulsion system. The USAF’s licence assigned production to Curtiss-Wright, which had made piston engines for decades and which spectacularly botched the project, wasting millions. Eventually, the Pentagon shifted the J-65 American Sapphire to GM's Buick division, which finally fabricated adequate but obsolete engines in the mid-1950s
Aeronautics · Economics · Ingenuity · Jet (fluid · Jet propulsion · Management · Political science · Propulsion · Systems engineering · Wright · Aerospace Engineering · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Engineering · Political and Economic history of UK and US
Sensemaking in organizations
The Productivity Race
English Culture and the Decline of the Industrial Spirit, 1850–1980
The phenomenology of the social world
The Curtiss-Wright Corporation and Cold War–Era Defense Procurement
Thrice Denied
An Old Story, Freshly Told’? A Comment on Broadberry and Crafts' Approach to Britain's Early Post-War Economic Performance
European and U.S. aircraft development strategies
Planning in Practice
Science and Technology in British Business History
British Economic Policy and Industrial Performance in the Early Post-War Period
Technology, science and American innovation
Aramis
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |