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Doing Business With the Government (No, not that Government). United Technologies Corporation provides high technology products to the aerospace, building systems, and fire & security industries worldwide.
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Doing Business With the Government (No, not that Government)
United Technologies Corporation provides high technology products to the aerospace, building systems, and fire & security industries worldwide. UTC’s companies are industry leaders and include Pratt & Whitney, Carrier, Otis, UTC Power, UTC Fire & Security, Hamilton Sundstrand, and Sikorsky. International revenues contribute 61% of total revenues in 2005.
UTC REVENUES ($42.7B in 2005) Commercial & Industrial (64%) Aerospace & Defense (20% commercial; 16% military)
Whose and what rules are we playing by? Barriers to entry … and to exit QUESTIONS
In cooperation programs (e.g., JSF), mostly ours In direct sales (e.g., A400M), mostly theirs WHOSE RULES?
Import policies (tariffs and import charges Quantity restrictions Import licensing & customs barriers Standards, testing, labeling and certification “Buy National” policies and closed bidding Export subsidies WHAT RULES ARE THOSE? • Investment barriers (limits on equity participation, denied access to government-funded R&D • Local content and export performance requirements • Restrictions on transferring earnings and capital)
State aid MOST SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS
Offset & countertrade Political considerations BARRIERS
Technology transfers Privacy restrictions ANNOYANCES