Abstract Shipbuilding occupies an important position in national defense and economy, which belongs to a typical large-scale complex production. In the modern shipbuilding mode, segment outfitting process is bottleneck of whole shipbuilding. The cycle long, there are many resource constraints process. At present, China’s enterprises adopt method storage-yard based outfitting, relatively extensi...

*1 Nagasaki Research & Development Center, Technology & Innovation Headquarters *2 Chief Staff Manager, Nagasaki Research & Development Center, Technology & Innovation Headquarters *3 Ship & Ocean Engineering Department, Shipbuilding & Ocean Development Division, Commercial Aviation & Transportation Systems *4 Submarine Department, Naval Ship Division, Integrated Defense & Space Systems Develop...

Can temporary initial input cost advantages have a long-run impact on the spatial distribution of production and trade? I study this question in the context of the international shipbuilding industry during the transition from wood to metal ship production (1850-1912). Input price advantages gave Britain an early lead in metal shipbuilding, while the U.S. and Canada specialized in wood ship pro...