Pricing Strategy, Pricing Stability and Financial Condition in the Defense Aerospace Industry

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to determine if pricing strategy and pricing stability for products in the defense aerospace industry can be predicted based on a firm's financial condition. The sample for this research includes 17 contractors and 52 missile and aircraft programs. Two separate issues are addressed. The first issue concerns the relationship between financial condition and contractor pricing strategy. The second concerns the relationship between organizational slack and pricing stability. The overall findings are: 1) That a limited amount of variation in pricing strategy can be explained through the use of a linear regression model using financial ratios; and 2) That no apparent relationship exists between organizational slack and pricing stability. (Theses)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA183931

Entities

People

  • Jeffrey C. Johnstone
  • Patrick D. Keavney

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aerospace Industry
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Capital Investments
  • Contractors
  • Correlation Analysis
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Information Science
  • Organizational Structure
  • Procurement
  • Regression Analysis
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Surveys
  • United States
  • United States Naval Academy

Fields of Study

  • Business

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Industrial Economics

Technology Areas

  • Space