| Introduction: Objective and Scope of the Study | p. 1 |
| Sector and Territory | p. 7 |
| Sector and Territory. Crossed Competencies | p. 8 |
| Variety of "Models" of Territorial Development | p. 9 |
| The Factors of Spatial Competency | p. 9 |
| Agglomeration, Specialization, Specification | p. 11 |
| From Territorial Governance to Global Regulation | p. 12 |
| The Concept of Territorial Governance | p. 12 |
| Governance Structure relations with Local Models | p. 14 |
| Local Governance Between Macro and Micro | p. 15 |
| Relations Sector-Territory | p. 18 |
| The Aeronautical Sector: Recent Tendencies | p. 23 |
| The Organizational Model in the Industry | p. 23 |
| Defense and the Aeronautical Sector as Public Goods | p. 24 |
| Forms of Ownership and Regulation | p. 25 |
| Organization of the Aeronautical Sector | p. 26 |
| The Aeronautical Industry and Technology | p. 27 |
| Product Design, Comparative Advantages and Reliability | p. 28 |
| Aeronautical Firm and Production Costs | p. 30 |
| From Production Costs to Transaction Costs | p. 31 |
| Knowledge Flow in the Sector | p. 32 |
| The Organizational Model and its Consequences | p. 33 |
| New Concept of the Product | p. 34 |
| Cascade Organization of Subcontracting | p. 35 |
| Subcontracting Relations | p. 37 |
| EADS: Its Increasing Importance in the World | p. 43 |
| Structure in the Global Aeronautical Market | p. 43 |
| The Creation of EADS in 2000 | p. 47 |
| The Group and its Five Divisions | p. 49 |
| EADS' Dependence on an Airbus Division | p. 52 |
| Guaranteeing Coherence Among the Groups | p. 55 |
| Airbus SAS: A Group Open to Cooperation and Alliances | p. 55 |
| The A380: Its Significance | p. 61 |
| The A380 Program: Its Significance | p. 61 |
| The A-380 Program in Spain | p. 64 |
| A380 Program Impact in Aquitaine and Midi-Pyrenees | p. 67 |
| From Specialization to Specification | p. 75 |
| Basic Data of the Aerospace Sector | p. 75 |
| The Ill-Defined Boundaries | p. 75 |
| A Dual Industry: Between the Civilian and the Military | p. 77 |
| A High Technology Industry | p. 78 |
| A Location Based on the Effects of Concentration | p. 79 |
| Basic Data in Aquitaine and Midi-Pyrenees | p. 80 |
| The Aerospace Sector as a Whole | p. 80 |
| EADS Installations in Aquitaine and Midi-Pyrenees | p. 88 |
| The Industria Surrounding the Large Contractors | p. 89 |
| Recent Evolutions | p. 89 |
| Territorial Governance in Midi-Pyrenees and Aquitaine | p. 109 |
| Governance in the Aeronautical System of Toulouse | p. 110 |
| Governance of the ASD Sector in Aquitaine | p. 123 |
| Crossed Perspectives | p. 135 |
| Convergence within Diversity | p. 135 |
| Toward an Interregional Governance? | p. 138 |
| Aeronautics in Spain: Specialization & Beyond | p. 143 |
| Basic Data of the Sector and the Territories | p. 143 |
| The Aeronautics Sector in Madrid and in Andalusia | p. 147 |
| Organization of Production | p. 148 |
| Industrial Characteristics of the Productive Fabric | p. 148 |
| Firm Typology | p. 156 |
| Specialization and Cluster | p. 161 |
| Labour Market and Innovation | p. 166 |
| The Agents in Context | p. 175 |
| Business Agents | p. 176 |
| Agents Dedicated to Training and Research | p. 179 |
| Public Administration | p. 183 |
| The Regional Governments of Andalusia and Madrid | p. 192 |
| Aeronautics Agglomeration in Portugal | p. 193 |
| Basic Data of the Territory | p. 193 |
| Industrial Organization | p. 211 |
| Agents in Context | p. 219 |
| OGMA | p. 219 |
| AP - Maintenance and Engineering | p. 221 |
| Small and Medium Firms in the Aeronautical Sector | p. 222 |
| Synthesis of the Territory | p. 225 |
| Exploration of Synergies between Ogma and Tapme | p. 227 |
| Interaction among Related Sectors | p. 227 |
| Exploitation of Market Niches | p. 229 |
| Line of Action of a Portuguese Aeronautical Mega-Cluster | p. 231 |
| Comparative Analysis of the Territories Studied | p. 233 |
| Descriptive Analysis of the Territories | p. 233 |
| Factorial Analysis | p. 238 |
| Empirical Analysis | p. 238 |
| Factorial Analysis | p. 238 |
| Conclusions and Recommendations | p. 247 |
| Annex | p. 255 |
| List of Figures | p. 259 |
| List of Tables | p. 263 |
| Bibliography | p. 267 |
| List of Authors | p. 277 |
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