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Delmore, Colin, and n/a. "Moves towards privatisation of Australia's Defence industries." University of Canberra. Management, 1990. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060704.132456.
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The degree and nature of government involvement in the production of war
materials has changed markedly in recent years. This dissertation traces
events that have occurred and the background to these. It attempts to put
in context, changes that have taken place particularly over the past decade,
and which to date have not been placed in a connected sequence or
described as part of an overall plan.
The dissertation commences with a brief outline of the growth of defence
industry in Australia and its subsequent decline in size and performance
during the last forty years. From this base, it looks at options which faced
governments at the beginning of the 1980's, decisions which were made,
and the reasons for those decisions. It then goes on to examine whether the
"best" options were followed from a number of viewpoints. These include
defence strategic considerations, matters of probity and equity in the
disposal of assets, (particularly the public good), as well as the impact on
those affected by the decision. The process of change, including the extent
to which decisions and their effects were scrutinised by external and
auditing agencies, is then considered. The experience in this country has to
a large extent paralleled, although lagged, that in the United Kingdom.
Accordingly, appropriate references are brought from the UK experience to
highlight alternatives to, or weaknesses of, the processes followed and
policies implemented locally.
Finally, the essay provides some discussion of the benefits and costs
which have been observed so far, as well as postulating options which may
be taken in Australia as the process of change continues.
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Van, Dyk Johannes Jacobus. "An evaluation of the South African Department of Defence's policy on Defence Industrial Participation (DIP) as a defence industrial development mechanism." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1067.
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This dissertation focuses on the local defence-related industry as a beneficiary under the Department of Defence’s defence industrial participation (DIP) programme, managed by Armscor. Attention is given to the main construct of the development theory and how the DIP process in South Africa compares with the international reciprocal trade phenomena commonly referred to as ‘countertrade’. The author does an in-depth analysis of the Government’s policy regarding the defence-related industry (DRI) that forms part of the local defence industrial base (DIB), as well as the DIP policy, procedures and practices and their subsequent bearing on the local defence industry. The study is further substantiated with a comprehensive review of the consequences and outcomes resulting from the largest defence package deal (SDP), signed in December 1999, between the Department of Defence and several major foreign original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and subsequently benchmarked against academic discourse on the subjects of international countertrade and development theories.
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MacIntosh, Elizabeth C. "Italy : defence industries and the arms trade, 1949-1989." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/26707.
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Italy became one of the major exporters of arms by the early 1980s, behind only the United States, the Soviet Union, and France. Although its position was later overtaken, it remained one of Europe's main producers and suppliers, without the presence of pronounced military and foreign policy ambitions at the state level. The military industries grew as a result of Italy's close association with other Western and in particular the American defence establishment beginning in the late 1940s. The Italians had access to some of the most advanced military technology through co-production and licence arrangements with its senior allies. By the 1970s, the defence area became the fastest growing sector of the Italian economy when markets were exploited mainly in the Third World. Although about two-thirds of the industry was state-owned, Italian businessmen acted independently in selling arms through Italian trade networks which thrived with very little government direction or intervention. The absence of government assistance actually appeared to favour the export of Italian weapons, because the lack of interest in the sector also meant that Italy maintained perhaps the most lenient export legislation in the West. As the industry expanded, manufacturers availed themselves increasingly of representatives of the foreign trade ministry, the secret services and military attaches abroad in the promotion of Italian war equipment. And as Italy came into the circle of the world's major economic powers, its politicans attempted for a time to adopt the defence industry as a tool of international prestige. However supporters of the industry did not resolve the contradiction between the low priority Italy continued to give to defence and foreign policy, and the success of the country's industrialists in supplying arms to areas of tension. As business began to decline sharply in the late 1980s for Italy's defence firms, industrialists turned to the possibility of reconversion programs.
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Iakovaki, Antigoni. "Service supply chain integration in multi-organisation networks : findings from the defence aerospace sector." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.610686.
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Miah, Abdul. "Product-based environmental metrics for use within aerospace, defence, space and security industries (ADS)." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2018. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/845983/.
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Within the aerospace, defence, space, and security (ADS) industries, there is a growing reporting requirement and interest in understanding and reducing the environmental impacts of products and related risks to business. This dissertation presents the research carried out in collaboration with six ADS companies (ADS Group, Airbus Group, BAE Systems, Bombardier Aerospace, Granta Design, and Rolls-Royce) to establish industry methods for consistently measuring and reporting two pre-selected product-based environmental indicators identified as important to the industry: energy consumption and access to resources. Following an action research approach, four potential methods for calculating and reporting the manufacturing energy footprint of ADS products were identified and industry tested on three case study parts selected by Airbus Group, Bombardier Aerospace, and Rolls-Royce. Methods tested were: (1) Direct measurement, (2) Theoretical calculation, (3) Facility level allocation of energy consumption (based on annual production hours, quantity, and weight of parts manufactured), and (4) Approximation based on generic data. Method 3 (Production Hours) was found to be the most suitable “single” method for immediately reporting the manufacturing energy footprint of parts as it was quick to implement and based on widely available industry data. Regarding the comparability of methods, methods were found to be incomparable and produce significantly different results when applied to calculate the manufacturing energy footprint of the same part. Differences in the comparison of two methods could be in the order of one magnitude based on findings. Such large differences are significant for understanding energy use/costs, environmental impacts (e.g. carbon footprint), and reliably reporting and comparing information for informing decisions. Therefore, methods for calculating the manufacturing energy footprint of products cannot be assumed to be interchangeable and stacked in LCAs, EPDs, and other standards. These findings challenge current LCA practices and the interpretation of product-based environmental declarations if multiple methods have been used and results stacked. Thus, existing standards and growing product-orientated environmental polices allowing for the use of multiple methods (e.g. EPDs and PEFs) may indeed proliferate incomparability rather than engender comparability. Regarding approximating product energy footprints using generic data, the research was only able to approximate the machining energy consumption associated with the case study parts because of data gaps in the generic database. However, a high comparability between generic data use and direct measurement (i.e. specific/primary data) was found. These limited findings challenge attitudes towards generic data use and indicate potential scope to replace expensive primary data collection with more cost-effective (and similarly accurate) generic data. With regards to proposing a method for measuring the access to resources (A2R) product-based environmental indicator, several supply risk indicators and methodological choices for measuring the indicator were identified. Methodological choices included decisions such as to normalise and aggregate supply risk indicators into a single score. A workshop with the industry consortium was consequently carried out to explore and agree: (1) what indicators should be selected to appropriately measure A2R, and (2) how the selected indicators should be measured. Out of 18 potential supply risk indicators, five were identified as key: conflict material risk, environmental country risk, price volatility risk, sourcing and geopolitical risk, and monopoly of supply risk were selected because of clear links to legislation, use of reliable data, and effect on material prices. Regarding methodological choices for measuring A2R, the industry consortium preferred to avoid normalising and aggregating indicators to prevent masking information. The dissertation highlights several major contributions to knowledge, industry, policy, and the development of standards as a result of the research. The main contribution to knowledge is the methods developed and the learnings derived from the process undertaken to determine them. The main contribution and benefit to the ADS industries are single, practical, research informed, and industry consortium agreed methods for cost-effectively measuring two product-based environmental indicators (which support the informational requirements of a wide range of stakeholders and potential end-uses). The examined indicators and the 'case study’ approach utilised with an industry consortium to identify the generic issues in developing suitable methods will be of value for: (1) other industries with similar product/value chain characteristics, and (2) the development of methods for measuring other product-based environmental indicators for industry use (e.g. water, waste, recyclability, etc.). Presented research outcomes provide valuable industry insights for informing the development of emerging product-orientated environmental policies and standards in a manner which benefit the ADS industries and broader environment. Overall, the research has enhanced academic understanding and provides industry capability to support businesses and other similar industries to consistently assess, report, and improve the sustainability of their products and supply chains.
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Kapletia, Dharm. "Acquiring customer solutions : a study of complex systems support in the UK defence industry." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2010. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/252210.
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Ali, Usman. "Configuration management process maturity : definition and maturation of configuration management for aerospace and defence industries." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2014. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/configuration-management-process-maturity-definition-and-maturation-of-configuration-management-for-aerospace-and-defence-industries(63343e6b-9f51-4492-b934-00394ef2720c).html.
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This research focuses on the effective implementation and continuous improvement methodologies for Configuration Management practices within aerospace and defence industries. The research is conducted mainly to develop a Configuration Management Maturity Model which is based on Critical Success Factors and Barriers to Configuration Management implementation. The motives behind this research were the lack of understanding and problems in the implementation of high-grade Configuration Management systems as highlighted by other researchers. The research is conducted in three phases through interviews and questionnaire surveys with experienced Configuration Management professionals working in aerospace and defence industries. The first part of this research identifies, prioritizes, and categorizes the Critical Success Factors for Configuration Management and devises a Configuration Management Activity Model to help practationers in the effective implementation and continuous improvement of the process. The second part of the research sets out to identify and prioritize the obstacles to effective implementation of Configuration Management practices, categorized these obstacles into more manageable groups of factors, and analysed the effects of multiple factors on identification and rating of these barriers. Both studies were conducted through mixed method research with in-depth interviews followed by questionnaire surveys. The governance aspect of the process is also investigated to a great deal in the second part through interviews to conclude on process governance in various setups. The third part of this research is related to the development of a Configuration Management Maturity Model. It is important to note that other maturity models on the topic are generic in nature and emphasis on ‘what’ to implement instead of ‘how’ to implement which has left a gap of uncertainty that forced us to devise a suitable framework. The Configuration Management Maturity Model is an assessment tool which not only provides benchmark information but also helps to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the process. This maturity framework is unique in its presentation and unlike previous maturity models, is based on current Configuration Management practices, Critical Success Factors, and Barriers to Configuration Management implementation. This maturity model will help organizations to assess their current level of maturity, identify rational targets for improvements, and will help in providing action plans for enhancing their configuration management process capability. Like the previous two studies, this part of the research is conducted through semi-structured interviews followed by questionniare surveys.
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Oshri, Ilan. "Cross-project learning : a study based on the Israeli electronics defence industry." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2002. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/3643/.
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This thesis alms to develop a comprehensive understanding of cross-project learning in multiple-project environments. Cross-project learning is the process through which technologies are transferred and reused within organisations. Recent years have seen a growing interest in cross-project learning. However, research in this area has emphasised the rational, classical approach to crossproject learning. Also, the majority of research on cross-project learning has largely been on the automobile industry in Japan and the USA. Thirdly, research in this field has failed to assess the impact that cross-project learning has had on other organisational processes in product development. The conclusions of these studies are context-specific, fragmented and lack any critical assessment of the process of introducing cross-project learning. This study argues that a rather different approach to cross-project learning is needed. A three-level analysis is applied in the present study that highlights operational, dysfunctional and strategic aspects in cross-project learning. The empirical core of the research is the evidence from three in-depth case studies conducted in the Israeli electronics defence industry. Three different approaches to cross-project learning have been identified at the operational level, offering organisational mechanisms and managerial practices that have not previously been reported. At the dysfunctional operations level, the study reveals that the introduction of innovations in cross-project learning has impacted the past harmony between expertise development and knowledge management practices. The findings suggest that this harmony has broken down while the knowledge management and expertise development practices have been further transformed and developed. Lastly, at the strategic level of analysis, two potential cross-project learning strategies have been detected: exploit product success and design to reuse. A contingency model that emphasises the evolutionary development path of 'modes of reusability', subject to the 'strategic development' of the studied companies, concludes this study.
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Hanks, Andrew. "Union representation under restructuring and austerity : the case of Unite in the Ministry of Defence." Thesis, Keele University, 2016. http://eprints.keele.ac.uk/2455/.
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This doctoral thesis seeks to answer the question what factors influence Trade Union representation? Using a case study design, the researcher uses documentary analysis and elite, semi-structured interviews, to evaluate the knowledge and experiences of union representatives, both nationally and workplace based, working in the MoD sector of Unite. This study of a relatively under-researched part of the public sector, demonstrates that for union representation to be effective: the union needs to be recognised for the purpose of collective bargaining; members need access to shop stewards and full time officials; clear structures need to be in place, demonstrating how the union should function; and the union needs to be able to protect and further the interests of its members. It is concluded that in the MoD sector of Unite this does not happen, meaning that representation is not effective. This research highlights a need for greater appreciation of the complexities of the super or conglomerate type unions that have emerged in response to union decline. It demonstrates, in particular, the need for the seminal work of Turner (1962) to be systematically updated and for further research to be carried out into the influence of factions on union government. The contemporary relevance of this research relates to the dramatic cuts to facility time that it analyses, alongside the government’s privatisation policies, providing empirical evidence of the difficulties that could be faced by British trade unions, if the Trade Union Reform Bill, going through parliament at the time of writing, is passed into law. The MoD Employee Relations review can be seen as a test bed for the Bill’s components on the restriction of trade union facility time in the public sector, and this thesis is, therefore, timely.
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Southwood, P. M. "Arms conversion and the United Kingdom defence industry : An evaluation of policies for the diversification and conversion of military industries." Thesis, University of Bradford, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.381028.
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Mitchell, C. S. Humanities & Social Sciences Australian Defence Force Academy UNSW. "Phoenix from the Ashes? : Russia???s defence industrial complex and its arms exports." Awarded by:University of New South Wales - Australian Defence Force Academy. School of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2007. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/38745.
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The continued existence of the Russian defence and arms industry, known as the Oboronnyi Promyshennyi Kompleks (OPK), was called into question following the disintegration of the Soviet Empire in 1991. Industry experts cited the lack of a domestic market, endemic corruption, and excess capacity within the industry as factors underpinning its predicted demise. The most telling factor was the sudden removal of considerable government subsidies and high defence industry wages that had traditionally buttressed the industry's economic viability and encouraged the cream of Russia's workers into the sector. It was a crippling blow. However, the industry's export customers in China, India and Iran during those early years became the OPK's saving grace. Their orders introduced hard currency back into the industry and went a long way to preventing the forecasted OPK collapse. Although pessimistic predictions continued to plague the OPK throughout the 1990s, the valuable export dollars provided the OPK the breathing space it needed to claw back its competitive advantage as an arms producer. That revival has been further underpinned by a new political commitment, various research and development initiatives, and the restoration of defence industry as a tool of Russian foreign policy. In order to gauge the future prospects for the OPK, it is necessary to examine the domestic and external drivers that have either underwritten its success to date or are still required to ensure its long term endurance. Domestically, continued success demands a closer collaboration between the OPK and the Russian armed forces. It also requires serious efforts to curb endemic corruption, further consolidation of the defence industry and continued development of the Russian domestic market for arms. Externally, the strength of the state arms exporter, Rosoboronexport, global market diversification and joint military ventures with strategic partner countries are essential ingredients for long term OPK success. Cultivating and maintaining the economic and political momentum vital for the OPK's progress will be a daunting undertaking for Russia. However, Russia's accomplishments in these key areas since 2000 suggest that continued success is a genuine prospect and that the OPK could potentially grow to be the proverbial 'phoenix from the ashes'. China and India constitute approximately eighty percent of the total Russian arms transfer market. Trading and cooperation with these two countries has provided Moscow with the finances to sustain its defence industry through continued orders and valuable finance for research and development programmes for military hardware. However, post 2015, the Chinese market will be nearing total saturation and the Indian market will have contracted somewhat, as the indigenous defence industries of these nations can be expected to usurp the demand for Russian equipment. This scenario, together with a more active foreign policy under Putin has seen Russia launch aggressive marketing campaigns into the Middle East, South East Asia and Latin America. The strategy has already begun to pay dividends with large contracts being signed by Algeria, Indonesia, and Venezuela. The Russians hope that large sales to these countries will trigger further sales within the respective regions. The realised or potential contracts for arms from Libya, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Mexico, and Brazil suggest that this strategy is producing the desired result. The short term future of the Russian OPK looks promising. The rising domestic defence order is beginning to challenge the export market as the OPK's most important customer. Meanwhile, exports will be safeguarded by continued foreign demand for niche Russian defence products such as cruise missiles and air defence systems as well as cost effective and user friendly Russian aircraft, ships, submarines and land systems. Flexible financing options offered by Rosoboronexport will stimulate demand in new markets such as Algeria and Indonesia and sustain the economic viability of the OPK for at least the next decade.
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Bohdan, Siarhei [Verfasser]. "Limits of Defiance? : The Role of Post-Soviet Nations in Modernisation of the Iranian Armed Forces and Defence Industries / Siarhei Bohdan." Berlin : Freie Universität Berlin, 2019. http://d-nb.info/118913991X/34.
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Gartzke, Ulf. "The Boeing / McDonnell Douglas and EADS mergers : ethnocentric vs. regiocentric consolidation in the aerospace and defence industry and the implications for international relations." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2010. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/266/.
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This thesis relies on realist and neo-mercantilist approaches to explain the consolidation of the US and European aerospace and defence industry during the second half of the 1990s. Based on two case studies, the Boeing / McDonnell Douglas (BMD) merger in 1997 and the EADS merger in 1999, the thesis analyses the different political and economic motivations that led these aerospace and defence companies as well as their respective home governments to pursue either ethnocentric consolidation (in the case of the US) or regiocentric consolidation (in the case of France, Germany, and Spain) strategies. The BMD merger is interpreted as an attempt by the American hegemon to ensure that the important military, economic, and technological benefits derived from this strategic sector continue to accrue, above all, to the United States and its aerospace and defence industrial base. The cross-border EADS merger, in contrast, is viewed as a Franco-German-led counterbalancing attempt to guarantee the survival and autonomy of the European aerospace and defence industry, including Airbus, in the face of growing competitive pressures from the rapidlyconsolidating US mega-primes like Boeing. The thesis contrasts several high-profile transatlantic M&A deals in a variety of business sectors with the marked absence of similar transactions between US and European aerospace and defence companies. It thus highlights the strategic nature of this particular sector as well as American concerns about the proliferation of advanced US technologies to third countries, including to European NATO allies. Ultimately, realist and neo-mercantilist arguments prevailed over liberal-institutionalist / globalisation arguments among policymakers and business leaders on both sides of the Atlantic (especially in Washington, DC and Paris) – thus paving the way for the BMD and EADS mergers.
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Mampye, P. Jim. "Empowerment of small and medium enterprises through the defence-related industry programme." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53406.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2003.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The defence industry was established for the purpose of providing the then South African Defence Force (SADF) with armaments before. The SADF was there to serve the government of the day. Since then, the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has been established to fulfil the same as the SADF, but is much more credible and representative. Thus there has been both continuity and renewal. The idea of public policy presupposes that there is a sphere that is not private or purely individual, but is held in common. The public comprises that dimension of human activity that is regarded as requiring government or social regulation or intervention or at least common action. This related to the defence-related industries too, which require government intervention in ensuring that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) get involved in the defence industry in general. Public policy is really about defining what counts as public,who provides, who pays, and whom to pay. The modem meaning of 'policy' is that of a course of action or plan, a set of political purposes - as opposed to 'administration'. Policy is seen as rational, a manifestation of considered judgement. A policy is an attempt to define and structure a rational basis for action or inaction. Policy involves deliberate behaviour to pursue certain objectives. The distinction between action and inaction properly emphasises that policies can initiate change or resist change. Policy is intended to affect all or selected points of the external and internal environment of the political system. Policy consists of a series of actions and decisions. The policy needed by the defence-related industry in one that will allow the inflow of entrepreneurs with education to help them learn from the experienced engineers within the industry. The individual drive and interest will be the driving force for success as defined and understood by the free market economy without unnecessary government interference. The development of SMEs in the defence-related industry is part of the renewal of the defence industry. The manufacturing can be left to small firms requiring less capital and sophisticated machines and processes.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die verdedigingsnywerheid is tot stand gebring om die destydse Suid-AfrikaanseWeermag (SAW) van krygstuig te voorsien. Die SAWwas daar om die regering van die dag te dien. Sedert die demokratiese verkiesing in 1994 is dit nou die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag (SANW), wat, alhoewel dit dieselfde funksie as die SAW vervul, meer geloofwaardig en meer verteenwoordigend is. Daar was dus kontinuïteit sowel as vernuwing. Die konsep van openbare beleid veronderstel 'n sfeer of terrein van lewe wat nie privaat of alleenlik individueel is nie, maar eerder gemeenskaplik Die openbare terrein is daardie dimensie van menslike aktiwiteit waarvoor staats- of sosiale regulering of intervensie nodig IS, of ten minste gemeenskaplike aksie. Dit het ook betrekking op die verdedigingsnywerheid, waar staatsintervensienodig is om te verseker dat klein en medium ondernemings by die verdedigingsnywerheidin die algemeen betrokke raak. Die doel met openbare beleid is eintlik om te bepaal wat openbaar is, wie verskaf, wie betaal, en wie betaal moet word. Die konsep van ''beleidbepaling'' is om bewustelik 'n keuse te maak tussen twee hoofalternatiewe vir loodsgemeenskappe. Die moderne betekenis van die begrip ''beleid'' behels 'n rigting of aksie of plan, 'n stel politiese oogmerke - in teenstelling met "administrasie". Beleid word gesien as rasioneel, 'n manifestasie van weloorwoë oordeel. Dit is byvoorbeeld ondenkbaar dat politici sou toegee dat hulle nie 'n beleid insake X het nie. Beleid is 'n poging om 'n rasionele grondslag vir aksie te bepaal en te struktureer. Namate 'n staat sy wetgewingsprosedures verander, so behels die funksies van ''beleid'' die skep van 'n aanneemlike storie, wat die skrywer se doel verseker en waarin beleid 'n rolspeler is. Die betekenis het betekenis. Die term ''beleid'' word gebruik om aan te toon dat daar 'n behoefte is om uit te klaar watter sosiale doelstellings gedien word deur die toedien (ook self-toedien) van wetenskaplike energie. Met ander woorde, die klem val spesifiek op die beleidwetenskap van demokrasie, waar realisering van menswaardigheid, in teorie en in praktyk, die uiteindelike doelwit is.
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Löfgren, Lars. "Managing Mega technological projects : The case of the defence industry and Network Centric Warfare projects." Thesis, Institut polytechnique de Paris, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020IPPAX030.
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Cette thèse est une étude comparative de trois méga-projets militaires menés aux Etats-Unis, en France et en Suède, dans le domaine du network centric warfare ou guerre réseaucentrique. L’objectif de cette étude est d’observer les similitudes et différences dans le développement et la gestion de ces projets, de comprendre les raisons de certains choix stratégiques puis d’évaluer l’ampleur de leur réussite ou échec. Ces programmes étaient particulièrement ambitieux puisqu’une grande partie de la technologie répondant à ces besoins n’existait pas encore et certains impératifs techniques étaient proprement incompatibles.L’étude de cas et la comparaison des méga projets sont présentées sous une forme narrative.Le résultat en est la description des trois méga projets militaires reproduisant les dynamiques internes et externes à l’œuvre pour deux des trois projets. Le projet français a été décrit jusqu’à l’étape de développement actuel, le déploiement du projet étant prévu jusqu’au milieu des années 2030. Cette comparaison des méga projets militaires a montré que le type de management appliqué à ces vastes programmes n’est pas différent de ceux mis en œuvre dans le cadre de projets de moindre envergure. Cela dit, les méga-projets restent extrêmement complexes et ce type de développement doit tenir compte de différents obstacles, déjà connus ou non durant les différentes phases de déploiement, lesquels se trouvant être dans certains cas impossibles à contrôler et gérés, conduisant alors à l’échec du projetThis thesis project consists of a comparative work on three different military megaprojects regarding Network Centric Warfare, in three different countries: the United States, France and Sweden. The aim of the comparison is to find similarities and differences with respect to why, and if, the projects failed, or are failing, and if they failed - to what extent. The objectives of the military megaprojects were ambitious and a great deal of the involved technology was not yet developed at the time and the technical requirements were incongruous. For the comparative study a narrative case study methodology has been employed, structuring and analysing the different military megaprojects.The result is three different descriptions of the military megaprojects reproducing the internal and external dynamics of two of the three projects. One project, the French one, has been reproduced up to its present stage because it is planned to continue to the 2030s. The result of the comparison between the military megaprojects has shown that such vast projects can be managed like normal vast development projects. On the other hand, these kinds of vast projects are comprehensively complex. Such projects do also involve ideas leading to project developments of already known and unknown obstacles before and during the mega project not possible to manage and results in project and development failure
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Lin, Christina Yi-Ting. "National defense and global industries : ideas, interests, and an institutional approach to American defense industrial base policy." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.411388.
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Leek, Tobias, and Johan Hassel. "Cost-Efficiency in Swedish Defence Procurement : Comparing the view of the Swedish Defence Material Administration and the Swedish Ministry of Defence." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, EMM (Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Management), 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-886.
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The Swedish defence has, during the last couple of years, been under major restructuring that has influenced defence procurements as well. Cost-efficiency has become increasingly important in defence procurement due to higher demand from shrinking defence budgets. The purpose of this study has been to compare the view on cost-efficiency between Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) and the Swedish Ministry of Defence and to discuss the potential differences. In order to compare the views, the study has looked at what is considered as cost-efficiency in Swedish defence procurement and how it could be achieved. The study has also considered the importance of Swedish defence industry in achieving cost-efficient procurements. For collecting data to make the comparison, focus group interviews were used as data collecting method. The use of focus groups has the advantage of allowing discussion and interaction between the participants. The study includes three focus group interviews, two were made at FMV and the third one was made at the Ministry of Defence.
When comparing the view on cost-efficiency in Swedish defence procurement between the three groups, there are no clear definition of what cost-efficiency is. However, a definition is suggested that combines the view of the three groups into the following definition; cost-efficient procurements should be good enough in order to satisfy the demand of the Armed Forces throughout the systems entire lifecy-cle. The study also concludes that the objective of becoming more cost-efficient is shared between the Defence Materiel Administration and the Ministry of Defence. However, there are differences on how this objective is to be achieved. The Ministry of Defence wants to use economical measures to make the organization around defence procurement more efficient and thus more cost-efficient procurement. The Defence Materiel Administration on the other hand would like to increase the per-sonnel since that would make it possible to utilize the market in a better way through competitive procurement.
The role of the Swedish defence industry is considered by all three groups as important for international cooperation and is said to contribute to cost-efficiency in procurements since the defence materiel market is characterised by barter transactions. With the intention of involving the industry in more parts of the system lifecycle through Public Private Partnerships, the importance of the defence industry will in-crease in order to make cost-efficient procurements.
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Rosén, Alexander, and David Lööf. "Ramverk för livscykelkostnader vid Saab Electronic Defence System." Thesis, Tekniska Högskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, JTH, Industriell organisation och produktion, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-15214.
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I dagens hårda konkurrens är det viktigt för företag som tillverkar högteknologiska produkter att ha kännedom om vilka kostnader som uppstår på eftermarknaden dvs efter att kunden har köpt deras produkter. Detta är viktigt dels för att kunna visa kunden vilka kostnader som är förknippade med produkten under hela dess livslängd och dels för att öka kostnadsmedvetenheten internt på företaget. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att ta fram en livscykelkostnadsmodell och på ett tydligt sätt visa vilka kostnader som uppstår efter att Saab Electronic Defence Systems i Jönköping har levererat en färdig produkt till kund tills det att den ska avvecklas. Detta var ett behov som fanns på företaget eftersom det inte fanns någon övergripande modell som visar vilka kostnader som uppstår samt vilka aktiviteter som skapar dessa kostnader. För att svara på frågeställningarna har litteraturstudier genomförts parallellt med att flertalet undersökningar och intervjuer har gjorts med personal på anläggningen i Jönköping. Den insamlade empirin har med hjälp av vedertagen teori inom området gjort att frågeställningarna har kunnat besvaras. I examensarbetet finns den övergripande livscykelkostnadsmodellen redovisad. Modellen består av fyra huvudkategorier. Dessa är: Reparation och underhåll (C OI), Testutrustning (COM2), Teknisk support (COM1) samt Avveckling (CD). Under dessa huvudkategorier görs sedan olika kostnadsnedbrytningar. Modellen valideras också mot ett befintligt projekt på företaget för att stärka att validiteten i de kostnader som tagits upp är god. Exakta siffror visas inte då dessa är sekretessbelagda. I diskussionsdelen framgår det att modellen har uppfyllt sitt syfte men att den kan utvecklas vidare för att ge en mer detaljerad bild av specifika kostnader inom de olika områdena.
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Nicolay, Alexis. "Conception innovante de lignées de services complexes dans l’industrie d’armement européenne." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017SACLX112.
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Dans ce travail de recherche nous nous intéressons à un objet particulier : la conception de lignées de services complexes. Nous étudions cet objet dans un contexte particulier lui aussi, celui de la Défense en Europe. Chacun de ces termes est porteur d’interrogations : que sont les services dans l’armement ? ; en quoi sont-ils complexes ? ; qu’est-ce qu’une lignée de service ? Ces services se caractérisent principalement par une durée de la relation s’inscrivant dans le temps long, de l’ordre de plusieurs décennies, sans commune mesure avec les services le plus souvent étudiés. La complexité de l’écosystème d’acteurs – mêlant public et privé – ainsi que celle intrinsèque aux produits et systèmes d’armement – systèmes de missiles, avions de combat, sous-marins nucléaires, etc. – contribuent également à l’originalité et la valeur de notre objet d’étude. La lignée, issue du monde de la conception innovante de produits, se caractérise sous deux dimensions en interaction : la succession de projets et l’accumulation des connaissances. Là encore, ces deux dimensions sont souvent absentes de la recherche sur les services. Dans l’optique de conception qui est la nôtre, les premières questions en appellent deux autres : comment représenter de tels services ? ; et comment organiser les fonctions de conception et notamment la création des connaissances nouvelles, innovantes, nécessaires à la co-conception et à la co-production du service par l’ensemble des acteurs ? Nous avons mené cette recherche au plus près du terrain. Intégré durant trois ans au sein d’un grand groupe Européen de défense (au titre d’une convention CIFRE), directement impliqué dans différents projets de conception de services innovants, nous avons été confronté d’un point de vue pratique autant que théorique à ces questions. Les travaux s’articulent autour de ces projets ainsi que d’une étude de cas comparative entre des projets de service de défense en France et au Royaume-Uni. À ce titre, le doctorant a effectué une période de six mois en tant que visiting PhD à l’Université de Cambridge. Quoi qu’ancrée dans un secteur particulier, notre recherche est porteuse d’enseignements à la portée plus générale pour la recherche comme pour les praticiens. À la fois Issu des cas et utilisé comme grille de lecture de ces mêmes cas, l’outil ReADy – pour Référentiel d’Analyse Dynamique de la valeur de service – est le principal apport conceptuel de nos travaux. Par la tension qu’il introduit entre ses deux composantes que sont le concept et le contrat, il contribue à représenter et concevoir la succession des projets de service. Par la notion de communauté d’apprentissage, en lien avec ReADy, nous mettons en lumière les principaux mécanismes de la création des connaissances nécessaires à la mise en place d’une lignée de services complexesIn this research we look at a singular object: lineages of complex services design. We study this object in a context singular in itself, which is the European Defence Sector. Each of the above terms raises questions: what are services in the defence sector? What makes them complex? What is a service lineage? The services we look at are characterised by the duration of the relationship, to be counted in decades, without measure with the ones most commonly studied. The complexity of the ecosystem of actors – comprising public and private sectors – and that of the underlying products and systems – e.g. missiles systems, fighter aircrafts or nuclear submarines – also contribute to the originality and the value of the object of our research. The concept of lineage, rooted in the innovative design of products, is best described by the interplay between the succession of projects and the accumulation of knowledge. Here again, both dimension are most often overlooked in service research. In our perspective of service design, our first questions call for two others: how to describe such services? and how to organise the design functions in such manner that new knowledge is created and shared to allow co-design and co-production of the service by the whole ecosystem of actors?Our research was conducted in close proximity with the actual field. Fully integrated within the organisation of a major player in the European defence sector (as per a CIFRE convention), the researcher was hands-on with several innovative service design projects and confronted with the above questions on both theoretical and practical perspectives. These projects are at the heart of our research, together with a comparative case study of defence services in France and the United-Kingdom. To that effect, a six month visiting PhD period was conducted in the University of Cambridge.Although being rooted in a singular context, our research bears more general insights for academia and practitioners alike. Coming from the case material and used to shed light on it as well, our ‘Dynamic Analysis of service value Referential ‘, dubbed ReADy, is the main theoretical contribution of our work. By the tension it introduces between its two components – the concept and the contract – it contributes to the description and design of the successions of service projects. With the concept of ‘learning communities’, together with ReADy, we shed light on the main knowledge creation mechanisms at work when implementing a lineage of complex services
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Clark, Philip R. "The XM777 joint lightweight 155mm Howitzer program (LW155) : a case study in program management considerations concerning the use of national arsenal assets /." Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/9877.
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The end of the Cold War signaled hard times ahead for both public and private manufacturers in the Nation's Defense Industry. Army-controlled manufacturing Arsenals, subject to Governmental control and requirements to maintain excess mobilization capacity, found themselves increasingly unable to compete with private industry on cost. Set-aside protectionist legislation, especially the Army Arsenal Act and the Stratton Amendments, played an increasing role in the ability of the Arsenals to obtain work. The Army Arsenal Act applies to "make or buy" decisions and the Stratton Amendment restricts the transfer of large-caliber cannon technology to foreign nations. The LW155 Joint Program Office has dealt with both statutes because it manages a multi-national weapon system with a large-caliber cannon and is scheduled for production by the Army. This report uses the LW155 Program as a case study to examine three areas of importance to a Program Manager: the application of the Army Arsenal Act to joint service programs; the prime contractor's ability to control the origin of component parts; and the constraints upon multi-national production caused by the Stratton Amendment.
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Britz, Malena. "The europeanization of defence industry policy /." Stockholm : Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-262.
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Jenkins, James D. "Financial ratio time series models in defense industries." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1994. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA293744.
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Dunar, Charles J. Mitchell Jared L. Robbins Donald L. "Private military industry analysis private and public companies /." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion-image.exe/07Dec%5FDunar%5FMBA.pdf.
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"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration from the Naval Postgraduate School, December 2007."Advisor(s): Dew, Nicholas ; Hudgens, Bryan J. "December 2007." "MBA professional report"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on January 10, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-127). Also available in print.
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College, Linda. "An analysis of communications between the United States Army Communications-Electronics Command and industry." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/02Dec%5FCollege.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in Contract Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2002.Thesis advisor(s): Jeffrey R. Cuskey, Gary D. Notte. Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-102). Also available online.
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Marzah, Roni, and Budi Setiawan. "Analysis of government policies to support sustainable domestic defense industries." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/45896.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimitedArmed forces all over the world need military equipment to support their security missions. Having a domestic defense industry is one approach that countries use to supply their armed forces’ requirements. The successful development of a domestic defense industry depends on many factors, but perhaps the most significant variable is the government. Because governments are both buyers and suppliers of national security, government policies are often designed by governments to defend and regulate domestic defense industries. This professional report explores the substance costs and benefits of various government policies to establish a sustainable defense industry. The report focuses on government policies in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and South Korea, because defense industries in those countries have proven track records and tend to be profitable and sustainable.
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Scaringella, Jean-Louis. "Les industries de defense en europe : aspects juridiques et economiques." Paris 11, 1995. http://www.theses.fr/1995PA111013.
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Depuis la fin de la seconde guerre mondiale, les pays europeens ont developpe des industries d'armement qui ont aujourd'hui un poids economique considerable, tant du point de vue de leur chiffre d'affaires que des effectifs employes. Elles sont fortement exportatrices, grace a la large gamme de leurs productions dans tous les domaines de la defense. Elles sont tres lourdement frappees par la crise qui met en evidence leurs surcapacites et leurs sureffectifs. Leur cadre juridique demeure encore lacunaire. Il presente notamment des reglementations heterogenes en matiere de regime des exportations. Le secteur de l'armement, ecarte du champ d'application du traite de rome, releve essentiellement des reglementations nationales. Les industries de defense ont developpe des cooperations au niveau europeen tant bilaterales que multilaterales. Ces cooperations trouvent leur cadre institutionnel dans les relations interetatiques. Elles font egalement appel aux instruments du droit commercial des differents pays. Mais les cooperations europeennes sont encore tres limitees, alors que le nouveau contexte economique et strategique rend leur developpement indispensable. La reduction drastique des budgets de defense appelle une politique industrielle au niveau de l'union europeenne. Pour favoriser la politique de cooperation, un cadre juridique europeen devient necessaire, tant pour structurer les relations entre etats que les actions entre industriels. La creation d'une agence europeenne de l'armement apparait souhaitable, de meme que l'evolution de la reglementation europeenne en matiere de concurrence pour rendre plus faciles les alliances et les concentrations
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Steiner, Emil. "European Defence-Industrial Integration and its Effect on European Integration." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23056.
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This study uses the English School theoretical perspective in investigating European Integration. The research aims to understand how the European Defence-Industrial integration affect the European integration. By mapping the European Defence industrial block's political intention, and coupling it with the increased strength the block has received through the defence-industrial integration, the paper is able to conclude that the defence-industrial integration has led to the creation of a more integrated European defence-industrial society, that pressures the integration process-structure towards more politics of integration and cooperation.
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Samuelson, Lennart. "Soviet defence industry planning : Tukhachevskii and military-industrial mobilisation 1926-1937." Doctoral thesis, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, 1996. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hhs:diva-1812.
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From a logical point of view, it is obvious that a large military build-up must have occurred in the Soviet Union during some period preceding World War II. The purpose of this dissertation is to analyse the military objectives of the Soviet leadership, to examine how such objectives were formulated in public statements and internal decisions, to determine whether they were supplemented or competed with industrialisation, and to see to what extent they were accomplished. This study formulates a new analytical approach to Soviet rearmament as a process. The purpose in this regard is limited to establishing a framework for further empirical studies. This analytical model will be tested on a few selected branches, rather than to give an exhaustive description of the whole Soviet defence industry. Given the archival access, the primary purpose is to determine exactly what kind of plans were designed by the military. Such an approach raises several questions: Was there a specific pattern of planning in the defence sector? Did the defence industry apply methods that differed from economic planning in general? Did the combination of military goals with those of the industrialisation in general form a specific Soviet model of planning? In other words, will the new knowledge concerning the military targets in planning change, or even require revisions of our views on the planning system as such? To elaborate on this analytical approach, the scope of the study has been limited in time and space; to the years 1926-1937, to the defence industry in a narrow sense and to the highest decision-making circles in the Party, State, military and planning organisations. The central actor in this study is Mikhail Tukhachevskii, acting as Chief of Staff at the time when this study commences, and as a Deputy Defence Commissar and Chief of Armaments in the mid-1930s. Tukhachevskii’s flamboyant career during the Russian Civil War and the Soviet-Polish war in 1920 had already made him a famous personality in the mid-1920s. The implications of Tukhachevskii’s elaboration of new warfare doctrine for the industrialisation of the Soviet Russia are taken up. The two basic questions for this study are: Which were his strivings with regard to the new weapon producers? What was the result of his involvement in industrial management and mobilisation. The study covers the development of Soviet defence industry planning from 1926 to 1937. The starting-point of 1926 was chosen because it was then that defence matters, for the first time since the Russian Civil War, were again high on the political agenda. The choice of 1937 as the final year of this study is motivated by both historical factors and the available sources. By then, a clear pattern of defence planning system had emerged. Several reforms designed to synchronise the military and planning organs had been implemented. In other words, a fixed structure for defence industrial planning had taken shape. Thereafter, in the "Geat Terror" of 1936-38, a whole generation of cadres from the Party, state and industrial authorities was wiped out, while the Red Army literally was beheaded. A subsequent study would be required to analyse whether or not the organisation was sufficiently solid to make it possible for the newly-promoted successors to continue the preparations of the country for war. This study is limited in space so as to highlight the specific decisions and plans for the defence industry. When it had become accepted that a future armed conflict would require the resources of the whole economy, and that a new kind of warfare – including long-range aviation and chemical weapons – would inflict damage far behind the front-lines, war preparations came to include most sectors of the economy, the administration, and the educational and transport systems. When the Soviet leaders foresaw a total war, their war-preparedness naturally came to include most sectors of society. The scope of this study is limited, however, to the drafting of and implementations of plans for the armaments manufacturers and, to a certain extent, also for the principle suppliers to the defence industry. The dissertation is cronologically divided into three parts: Part I: Contours of the future war, threat assessments and their implications. Part II: The role of the defence in the first five-year plan – Some reconsiderations. Part III: The military and the defense industry in the second five year-plan, 1933-1937. Each part is structured basically in the following manner. The first chapter in each part deals with military threat perception, its doctrines and its main proposals for the transformation of the armed forces. The organisational network that linked the military, the planners and the high political decision-making bodies forms the following element of each part. In these chapters the author scrutinises both the formal processing of various plans and defence issues through the highest military, planning and Party organs, on the one hand, and the personal in-fighting that went on among outstanding military leaders, on the other hand. These two elements provide the background for the war plans. The war plans are analysed not in their operational, but in their material dimension. The material requirements of the military, expressed in the long-term mobilisation requests and the annual military armaments order were the centrepiece of the investment and production plans of the defence industry and its suppliers. Thereafter, the author analyses the military components in the first, respectively the second, Five-year plans and evaluate the military results of each of these plans. The results deal both with actual armaments productiom during these years, and so far as the indirect estimations allow, with the eventual mobilisation preparedness of the industry.Diss. Stockholm : Handelshögskolan, 1996
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Graff, David Jacques. "Deming's Management Philosophy and the defense industrial base." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/28093.
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The purpose of this thesis is to analyze why firms are leaving the defense industrial base and to determine if Dr. Edwards Deming's Management Philosophy can offer a more constructive way of doing business in the Defense Acquisition System. A comparative analysis was conducted between industry's reasons for wanting to leave the defense sector and Deming's Management Philosophy. This analysis determined if adoption of Deming's Management Philosophy can possibly help alleviate industry's existing concerns in addition to providing a means to incentivize industry to remain in the defense sector
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Mastroianni, Dino P. N. "The reaction of defense stocks to war news an event study /." Thesis, Connect to online version, 1995. http://0-wwwlib.umi.com.mercury.concordia.ca/cr/concordia/fullcit?pMM10877.
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Hoyt, Timothy D. "Military industry and regional defense policy : India, Iraq, and Israel /." London [u.a.] : Routledge, 2007. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip067/2006002171.html.
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Ishida, Ryota. "An analysis of political and economic factors that impact sustainment of the Japanese defense industry." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/02Jun%5FIshida.pdf.
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Batchelor, P. "Militarisation, disarmament and defence industrial adjustment : the case of South Africa." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.596461.
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South Africa's transition to democracy, which started in 1989 and culminated with the holding of the country's first democratic elections in April 1994, was accompanied by a parallel process of demilitarisation, which involved dramatic cuts in defence spending and the implementation of various disarmament measures. Most of the cuts in defence spending were achieved through cuts in the procurement budget, and this led to the downsizing and restructuring of the domestic defence industry which had been built up in response to the 1977 United Nations arms embargo. As in other countries, there was an expectation that the defence cuts would result in a substantial 'peace dividend' and have a positive impact on the economy's performance. Unfortunately, the defence cuts were implemented during a severe domestic recession and by 1994 the 'peace dividend' had failed to materialise. This thesis examines the economic aspects of militarisation, disarmament and defence industrial adjustment using South Africa as a case study. The main conclusion of the thesis is that the adjustment problems associated with the downsizing of South Africa's defence industry may have been minimised by the implementation of microeconomic conversion strategies supported by appropriate government policies. The failure to implement microconversion strategies at the level of defence firms meant that many of the valuable resources (capital, labour, technology) which were previously located in the defence industry were either 'wasted' or lost through downsizing and other supply-side adjustment strategies. Thus, the negative microeconomic effects of disarmament exacerbated the macroeconomic effects of disarmament.
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Garretty, Eric B. "An economic analysis of acquisition opportunities for the United States Department of Defense within the Japanese defense industrial base." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/02Dec%5FGarretty.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2002.Thesis advisor(s): Raymond E. Franck, David F. Matthews. Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-120). Also available online.
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Antunes, António José Luís. "Industria de defesa pública ou privada? O caso da OGMA." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/11234.
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Mestrado em Economia e Políticas PúblicasO presente trabalho procura investigar qual o melhor modo de governação para a indústria de defesa, o privado ou o público, através da análise circunscrita a um período temporal bem definido, no qual o desenrolar da história da OGMA ? Indústria Aeronáutica de Portugal, S.A., é o fio condutor por ter experimentado as duas situações. O modo de governo público em que se encontrava a OGMA antes de 2004, fosse como estabelecimento fabril das forças armadas ou como empresa do sector empresarial do Estado, traduzia a tendência que vinha sendo seguida no âmbito das indústrias de defesa, mantendo um elevado nível de protecionismo e centralização, comum a todas as atividades relacionadas com a soberania. No entanto, o longo período de paz iniciado com o fim das guerras em África e consolidado com o fim da Guerra Fria, veio relegar para segundo plano as necessidades no âmbito da defesa fazendo, em contrapartida, emergir as necessidades de índole social. As novas prioridades, e os constantes prejuízos resultantes da contração do mercado interno que sustentava a OGMA passam a ter difícil justificação e levam à procura de soluções. A solução escolhida (e que contribui decisivamente para uma melhoria de vários indicadores de gestão da OGMA) consiste na privatização de parte do capital social da empresa, com salvaguarda de alguns aspetos de interesse nacional, e consequente associação a empresas de referência mundial que assegurem estratégias de longo prazo sustentadas e que consigam abarcar as especificidades deste tipo de mercado.
This paper intends to investigate which is the best model of governance for the defence industry, the private or the public one, through the analysis to a well-defined time period in which the story unfolds OGMA - Indústria Aeronáutica de Portugal, SA, is the thread to have experienced both situations. The form of government that was public OGMA before 2004, were as manufacturing establishment of the military or as a company business sector of the state, reflected the trend that was being followed within the defence industries while maintaining a high level of protectionism and centralization, common to all activities related to sovereignty. However, the long period of peace began with the end of wars in Africa and consolidated with the end of the Cold War comes overshadow the needs within the defence doing but, however, it emerges the needs of social kind. In response to this new order of priorities, the constant losses resulting from the contraction of the internal market that supported this type of industry become difficult to justify and lead to the search for solutions. The solution comes with the privatization of part of the company's capital, defending some aspects of national interest, and consequent association with leading companies worldwide to ensure sustained long-term strategies that are able to cover the specifics of this type of market.
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Arsenault, Reginald W. "Creation of a CRM selection methodology for the aerospace & defense industry." [Denver, Colo.] : Regis University, 2006. http://165.236.235.140/lib/rarsenault2006.pdf.
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Mowery, Jeffrey Philip. "A performance management feasibility study for a defense based electronics manufacturing organization." Master's thesis, This resource online, 1991. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01122010-020052/.
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Mölleryd, Bengt A. "An anatomy of technological innovation in infrastructure and defence systems in Sweden after the Cold War." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Kraft- och värmeteknologi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-31494.
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The dual interaction of science and technology with defence, security and infrastructures for service provision as energy is a major theme in modern times. The era after the Second World War and in the course of the Cold War was accompanied and spurred by an amazing number of great technological advances and changes. The study investigates and discusses dimensions of the interaction between technology changes and innovation and defence, security and infrastructure systems in a small country as Sweden after the Cold War. The main result of the study is a proposal for an anatomy of technology innovation which can be seen as a predecessor to a system (or enterprise) architecture for technology innovation in defence, security and infrastructure systems. The approach is developed from previous international research and theories of innovation systems. Infrastructure and defence systems are investigated on three levels, technologies, system integration and services provided. Establishing an anatomy is supported by case studies which apply a stake holder perspective on development and innovation in systems. Prominent elements of the proposed anatomy for technology innovation are framework conditions or context, economic organizational factors such as people, knowledge, business models and finance, and last but not least culture for development and innovation, and the customer and user in the processes. Contexts and environmental conditions in recent times are characterised by more complicated threats and disturbances which potentially imply larger disruptions. The study explores how contexts and emerging conditions translate into plausible scenarios and their effect on the anatomy and the various stages of the innovation processes. The vital role in the anatomical framework played by culture for innovation is illuminated in the case studies. Other basic elements of the anatomy are the people, inventors and developers as the knowledge underpinning. Risk taking and sharing and the rights and responsibilities of the stake holders play substantial roles in the anatomy as some main economic organizational factors and elements of innovation.QC 20110317
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Donovan, Mark H. "The French Aerospace and Defense Industries: changing dynamics of procurement and consolidation." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/8427.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimitedFrance's traditions of national sovereignty and its global status as a "great power" help to explain its investments in an independent and autonomous armaments industry. The resulting capabilities, ranging from fighter aircraft to nuclear weapons, have helped to ensure the position of France as a leading nation during the latter half of the twentieth century. Overcoming the inherent problems associated with state control and oversight of the means of production, France has developed a robust manufacturing capability and has produced, among other systems, technologically advanced designs in combat aircraft (the Rafale fighter), space rocket launchers (the Ariane 5 launcher), and remote sensing satellites (the Helios military satellite). However, the need to continue incorporating modem, expensive technology into French systems in the face of budgetary cutbacks has brought the future viability of autonomous and French-led programs into question. As a result, France and other major European nations have tried to find a common solution to consolidate each country's aerospace and defense firms into one corporate entity that could compete effectively against the United States. However, problems rooted in maintaining national capabilities, especially in France, have kept this design from becoming a reality
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Tugce, Ozer. "European Defence Industrial Restructuring And Consolidation In The Post-cold War Era." Master's thesis, METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12605654/index.pdf.
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This thesis analyzes the process of European Defence Industry's restructuring and consolidation process in accordance with the emerging Post-Cold War period transformation requirements. To achieve this aim it investigates the process in terms of the European Defence Industrial Base on the one hand and international level of convergence efforts on the other. It demonstrates drivers of change for the defence industry, namely
the narrowing budgets, changing relationship between state and defence industry, importance of technological achievements, rise of civil sector and internationalization of national defence firms. Regarding the restructuring and consolidation process the thesis examines behavior of firms in terms of merger and/or acquisition... etc activities in order to adopt the Post-Cold War transformations. Moreover, due to its significance of being regarded as the first true attempt of creating a transnational defence sector identity the EADS is also investigated. Also it deals with the institutional level of convergence efforts mainly in terms of NATO, EU, WEU/WEAO and OCCAR. To provide a comparative framework, the US defence industry and its impact on the European counterpart is examined
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Weber, Wendy Ann. "The end of the Cold War and the transformation of the US Defence Market and Defence Industrial Base, implications for Canada." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq23547.pdf.
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Yager, Loren. "The effect of defense spending on the trade performance of high-technology industries." Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 1992. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/25641963.html.
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Sutter, Robert Dismas. "The Defense Priorities and Allocation System in an industrial mobilization." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/25809.
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Martello, Charles P. "NATO burden-sharing redefinition for a changing European threat /." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 1990. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA242560.
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Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 1990.Thesis Advisor(s): Gates, William. Second Reader: Doyle, Richard. "December 1990." Description based on title screen as viewed on April 2, 2010. DTIC Identifier(s): NATO, Defense Planning, Industrial Production, Economics, Burden Sharing, Defense Industries, Sharing, Costs, Military Forces (Foreign), Military Forces (United States), Military Equipment, Mathematical Models, Military Reserves, Industrial Capacity. Author(s) subject terms: Burden-sharing, NATO. Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-80). Also available in print.
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Muesser, Guillaume. "Quelle industrie de defense pour la france dans le nouveau contexte international ?" Paris 5, 1996. http://www.theses.fr/1996PA05D009.
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La defense, et par extension la securite, est une des taches essentielle de l'etat. Au meme titre que l'emission de la monnaie ou la levee de l'impot, la capacite a assumer la defense d'un groupe d'individus ayant choisi de vivre en communaute, est un acte fondateur de l'etat. La defense du pays est assuree par deux acteurs : l'armee qui est une emanation de l'etat et est dirigee par lui, et l'industrie qui fournit les materiels et systemes d'armes. C'est dire que cette derniere joue un role essentiel dans l'organisation de la defense en permettant a l'etat de s'assumer sans avoir recours a des fournisseurs etrangers. C'est la un gage precieux d'autonomie sur la scene internationale. Ce role important de l'industrie de defense se traduit, comme pour toute industrie strategique, par un rapport particulier avec l'etat, ce meme quand elle releve, de par sa structure capitalistique, du secteur prive. En france, comme dans tous les pays ou l'etat s'est institue acteur economique, le secteur public occupe une place preponderante dans l'industrie de defense. La majorite des maitres d'oeuvre sont en effet des societes nationales. L'etat presente donc la particularite d'etre present, en tant qu'acteur majeur, a tous les echelons de la definition, conception, realisation et mise en oeuvre d'un systeme : il emet le besoin operationnel au travers des armees ; il le traduit en termes techniques, conduit le developpement et dirige le programme au travers de la dga ; il realise le systeme au travers de l'industrie. A cela s'ajoute le fait qu'etant client unique, il est egalement fournisseur unique puisque la concurrence a ete soigneusement evitee au sein des maitres d'oeuvre au fur et a mesure que l'industrie francaise de defense se developpait. L'industrie francaise de defense est donc caracterisee par sa situation de monopole monopsone. Le systeme a parfaitement fonctionne jusqu'au debut des annees 90, permettant a la france de doter son armee des materiels les plus modernes qui soutenaient la comparaison avec les productions americaines ou sovietiques. Le double choc economique et geopolitique de la fin des annees 80 a eu pourConsequence de remettre en cause les systemes de defense de tous les pays occidentaux. Par voie de consequence, les complexes industriels ont du a leur tour operer une mue en profondeur, qui s'est declenchee avec une ampleur variable selon les pays. En france, le lien fort qui lie l'industrie de defense a l'etat a retarde ce mouvement d'adaptation. Par cecite et par manque de courage politique a une epoque ou le chomage apparait comme un mal endemique, il a refuse aux societes qu'il controle la liberte de s'adapter aux nouvelles conditions (reduction de la demande et competition accrue a l'exportation). Il en resulte une situation defavorable qui voit l'industrie de defense presenter des resultats negatifs. Dans le grand mouvement de readaptation des systemes de defense et de restructuration des industries de defense, la france risquait, si elle ne reagissait pas, d'etre distancee et de perdre le benefice de 30 ans d'efforts. L'enjeu est en effet de taille a une epoque ou l'europe, pour la premiere dois de son histoire moderne, tente de batir une defense commune et ou l'allie americain developpe une attitude de predateur dans le domaine de la conception des systemes d'armes. Il importe donc a la france de reagir en remodelant son outil industriel : - l'etat doit se desengager de la production pour se recentrer sur la definition du besoin ; - l'industrie de defense doit quitter son isolement vis a vis des autres pans de l'industrie francaise que ne justifie plus une specificite qui etait reelle quand elle fut creee. Dans bien des domaines (technologies haut de gamme, qualite, securite) l'industrie civile a rattrape son homologue militaire. Par consequent, les organisme de la dga qui ont une mission industrielle doivent etre rapproches de leurs homologues dits civils (qualite, normes, r&d. . . ) ; - l'industrie doit etre restructuree au plan national de maniere a etre capable
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Jaksec, Gregory M. "Public-private-defense partnering in critical infrastructure protection." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2006. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/06Mar%5FJaksec.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Homeland Security and Defense))--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2006.Thesis Advisor(s): Ted Lewis. "March 2006." Includes bibliographical references (p.41-45). Also available online.
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Wirth, Christopher. "An analysis of foreign military sales logistical support." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/02Jun%5FWirth.pdf.
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Lundmark, Martin. "Transatlantic defence industry integration : discourse and action in the organizational field of the defence market." Doctoral thesis, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, Institutionen för Marknadsföring och strategi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hhs:diva-1537.
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The integration of defence companies in Europe and the U.S. has in the defence market’s environment for a long time received considerable interest. Companies see business opportunities and attractive technology on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. Governments advocate in a public discourse that transatlantic defence industry integration is highly desirable and that it would benefit all concerned. This supportive discourse is compared to the action; the corporate integration that has occurred. The aim of the thesis is to understand and explain the level and nature of the transatlantic defence industry integration and its driving forces and inhibitors. A combination of three focal theoretical concepts has been used: integration, discourse and organizational field. The thesis shows that there is a marked discrepancy between the discourse for and the actual extent of transatlantic defence industry integration. This discrepancy and the nature of the corporate integration is analyzed and explained through the combination of discourse and integration within an organizational field. The thesis shows that defence companies’ in transatlantic acquisitions achieve very limited influence over the acquired company’s strategy and operations, and that synergies and rationalization are strongly disencouraged by governments. The processual integration within trans-national groups and in transatlantic defence materiel collaboration is highly restricted by governments. The thesis also shows that the defence innovation largely is separated between the U.S. and Europe. The defence market is an example of a political market showing a very different corporate rationality compared to ideal models of corporate rationality as the SCP paradigm. The findings suggest that defence companies’ strategy and integration appear non-rational in isolation, but become rational when understood through the lens of the defence market seen as an organizational field – a perspective that emphasizes the influence of the government field. If you want to understand, analyze or engage in transatlantic defence industry integration, you should benefit from this study. It should be of interest to researchers who study the defence industry, defence procurement, political markets, organizational fields, regulatory governance and corporate integration. It should be of interest to policymakers and others engaged in the discourse that concerns reforms of political markets in general, and of the defence market in particular. Martin Lundmark is a researcher at the Center for Marketing, Distribution and Industry Dynamics at the Stockholm School of Economics. His research focuses on the defence market, defence procurement, Europeanization and the transformation within political markets. Martin also works as defence market and defence procurement analyst and deputy research director at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI).Diss. Stockholm : Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, 2011
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Hislop, Donald. "Capabilities, strategy and environment : organizational change in the UK's defence industrial base, 1989-95." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/21305.
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This thesis examines how a range of companies from the UK's defence industrial base were affected by and responded to the end of the Cold War. Specifically it examines the relationship between an organization's capabilities and behaviour to the character of its operating environment. It considers both how organizational capabilities are shaped by the operating environment and the extent to which organizational strategy is shaped and constrained by environmental factors. The research draws broadly on both evolutionary economics and contingency theory, which both consider a firm's operating environment to be central in shaping its behaviour. To represent the heterogeneity of the defence industrial base the aerospace, electronics and vehicles sectors were examined, with a range of companies from prime contractors to component suppliers being examined within each sector. The research found that the capabilities of the companies examined were shaped by the character of their operating environment. However the character of the operating environment varied substantially across the defence industrial base, resulting in the capabilities of companies also varying greatly. For example, the market and technological character of the operating environment for the prime contractors was substantially different from that of the component suppliers, resulting in them possessing very different organizational capabilities. The capabilities of the companies examined were also found to be specific and cumulative in nature, limiting their relevance to other market environments, thus making profound organizational change difficult to accomplish. One of the most noticeable findings was the similarity in the strategies adopted by most of the companies examined. The strategies adopted did not involve diversifying out of defence markets, instead concentrating on modifying their organizational structures and operating practices in responses to the changes in their defence markets.
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Atkinson, Thomas A. "Skipping a generation of weapons system technology : the impact on the Department of Defense and the defense industrial base." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03Mar%5FAtkinson.pdf.
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