| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Carleton library series ; 242
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Carleton library series ; 242.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : satellites and surveillance capitalism -- "Our knowledge is in the holes" : software consulting and the sweat-equity formula, 1968-1977 -- "Innovation in a cold climate" : remote sensing and the government contracting paradigm, 1971-1980 -- "Two things went wrong at once" : mythical man-months, financial crises, and the near-death experience, 1975-1981 -- "Unscrambling the mess" : financial restructuring, management discipline, and the military contracting formula, 1981-1987 -- "The systems vision was too hard" : investor strategies, product development, and the demise of the manufacturing vision, 1982-1988 -- "One amorphous mass" : systems integration, strategic planning, and the search for liquidity, 1988-1993 -- "This company will be sold" : MDA's public offering, orbital's acquisition, and the dot-com bust, 1993-2001 -- "Shades of grey" : 11 September 2001, the homeland security bubble, and Canada's sovereignty imbroglio, 2001-2008 -- "A lucky escape" : the great recession, property information divestment, and the acquisition of a critical mass in satellite manufacturing, 2009-2012. |
| Summary |
Lifting the veil on a corporate world girded by powerful forces at the nexus of state, capital, and geopolitical power games. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Security, International.
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Security, International. |
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Space security.
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Space security. |
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Defense contracts.
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Defense contracts. |
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Electronic surveillance.
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Electronic surveillance. |
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Capitalism.
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Capitalism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Wills, Jocelyn, 1960-, author. Tug of war.: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2017] ©2017 Carleton library series Carleton library series ; (CaOONL)20179021834 (OCoLC)982389677 |
| ISBN |
9780773550483 (ePDF) |
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0773550488 |
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9780773550490 (ePUB) |
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0773550496 |
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9780773550476 |
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077355047X |
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