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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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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."<br>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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ANICETTI, Jonata. "Paying the buyer : from one off defense offsets to strategic alliances." Doctoral thesis, European University Institute, 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/1814/73767.
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Defence date: 21 January 2022<br>Examining Board: Prof. Ulrich Krotz, (EUI) ; Prof. Stephanie Hoffman, (EUI) ; Prof. Fabrizio Coticchia, (University of Genova) ; Dr. Moritz Weiss, (LMU München)<br>My dissertation addresses the understudied phenomenon of defense offsets - compensation to states for buying foreign weapons. Governments have long demanded compensation when procuring highly complex and expensive weapon systems from foreign suppliers. Through such additional benefits states typically seek to build, retain, or modernize their defense and/or civil technological and industrial base. Foreign suppliers, by contrast, use defense offsets to enrich their bid, and thus increase their chances of succeeding in a very competitive market. Although the IR and international security scholarship has hitherto ignored defense offsets, they often involve technology transfer and may sometimes evolve into strategic alliances or high-end and long-term technological collaborations between foreign and domestic defense companies. When doing so, I argue, defense offsets may significantly augment buyer states’ chances of climbing up the ladder of arms production capabilities, especially if foreign suppliers are willing to accept onerous or sub-optimal arrangements such as the transfer of cutting-edge technology.Tapping into new data sources and through cross-case analysis of 29 international fighter aircraft sales as well as 5 in-depth case studies from 1999 to 2019, I show that export reliant bidders are increasingly willing to enter sub-optimal strategic alliances with buyer states possessing good enough defense industrial bases, ultimately suggesting that arms production capabilities may redistribute from European to emerging powers. In the process, my findings demonstrate a number of points. Firstly, they show how state-led initiatives foster the globalization of production, thus casting doubts on received knowledge that emphasizes private entrepreneurialism. Secondly, that states and defense firms alike weaponize interdependence against weaker competitors. Thirdly, that under certain conditions states have the upper hand in negotiating investments with trans-national corporations. Fourthly that Washington plays a much bigger role in aircraft makers’ decisions than previously acknowledged, and finally, that offsets are yet another driver of arms collaboration.
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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 unlimited<br>Armed 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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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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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.<br>Thesis advisor(s): Raymond E. Franck, David F. Matthews. Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-120). Also available online.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.<br>MBA Professional Report<br>Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.<br>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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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 unlimited<br>France'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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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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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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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.<br>Thesis Advisor(s): Ted Lewis. "March 2006." Includes bibliographical references (p.41-45). Also available online.
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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 pour<br>Consequence 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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Uslay, Can. "The Role of Pricing Strategy in Market Defense." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/10578.
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The price variable is among the most powerful instruments in the arsenal of the executives to achieve entry deterrence objectives. There are two main pricing strategies that firms may use to defend against a competitive market entry. The first of these options, limit pricing (or entry deterring price), may be utilized prior to competitive entry. The second option, aggressive (predatory) pricing, may be executed post-entry. The effectiveness of both of these options is still controversial. For example, the Chicago School proponents argue that these strategies are anecdotal in nature. On the other hand, the rationality of such conduct has been reliably simulated by Post-Chicagoans in game theoretic settings. The potential contributions of the marketing discipline have been recognized and called upon to help resolve the conflict.
With this dissertation, I attempt to shed light on the role that price plays in preemptive and post-entry market defense of firms. As such, the questions tackled include but are not limited to: how effective is price as an entry-deterrence tool; in conjunction with firm and market specific barriers to entry; and as a post-entry retaliation mechanism? What are the facilitating conditions for limit, aggressive (predatory), competitive and supra-competitive pricing? What are the (long-term) consequences of these strategies? Following a multi-disciplinary literature review, I present a dynamic process model and test my hypotheses in a key network industry the airline industry. Building upon the advantages of multiple methods a la triangulation, I find that both limit pricing and predatory pricing can serve as effective strategies for the incumbents market defense. Predatory use of pricing in network industries may diminish consumer welfare. Results also suggest that firm specific barriers have a more significant role in market defense than market specific barriers. Insights and frameworks based on the marketing philosophy are also presented with the hope of advancing the ongoing debate between the Chicago and Post-Chicago Schools of thought.
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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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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.<br>Thesis advisor(s): Jeffrey R. Cuskey, Gary D. Notte. Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-102). Also available online.
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Brantley, Janet G. "Defense Industries in North Texas, 1941-1965: the Social and Economic Impact on Bowie County." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1995. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277856/.
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World War II was a watershed in American history, altering Americans' perceptions of their place in society. This study focused on Bowie County, Texas, during the twenty-five-year period that began with America's entry into the war. The construction of two defense plants there, Red River Army Depot and Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant, brought immediate changes to surrounding communities, and local residents faced many challenges as they struggled to adjust. This study used extensive primary sources, including archival materials from Red River and Lone Star, oral histories from former employees, census information, minutes from the Texarkana Chamber of Commerce, and local newspapers, to document the social and economic impact of these plants on Bowie County. The body of this dissertation contains nine chapters. Chapters two and three describe how Bowie County obtained and constructed its defense plants, and chapters four through six focus on changes precipitated by the plants during the war years. Chapters seven through nine explore the social and economic impact of the defense presence on Bowie County through 1965. The impact of the defense industries on Bowie County was significant. Plant construction brought thousands of workers into the county, and local residents faced housing, transportation, and sanitation problems. Texarkana experienced serious problems, but its dedicated Chamber of Commerce worked to see that the city benefitted in the long run. During the next twenty-five years, women increasingly entered the work force, but in Bowie County they continued to hold traditional values; jobs provided extras for their families more often than ties to the women's movement. As elsewhere, farmers left farming for factory work, but in Bowie County most clung to their land and their way of life. The world changed for African Americans in Bowie County as well, for by 1965, blacks and whites were working and playing together. The plants introduced employees to industrialization's benefits and drawbacks. With fluctuating employment levels causing concern, business leaders advocated economic diversification. Bowie County, however, experienced continuity as much as change, for residents accepted social changes only when they were necessary for economic development.
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Panagiotakopoulos, Panagiotis Tourkantonis Konstantinos. "Market perception of consolidations in the European defense industry from 2001 to 2009 a case of event studies." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA501516.
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"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration from the Naval Postgraduate School, June 2009."<br>Advisor(s): Hensel, Nayantara ; Summers, Don. "June 2009." "MBA professional report"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on July 16, 2009. DTIC Identifiers: European Defense Industry, event study, merger, consolidation, abnormal return. Author(s) subject terms: European Defense Industry, event study, merger, acquisition, consolidation, abnormal return. Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-57). Also available in print.
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Rodrigues, Jorge Matheus Oliveira. "A autonomia de interesses e os interesses da autonomia : a indústria de defesa brasileira nos governos petistas /." São Paulo, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/181026.
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Orientador: Héctor Luis Saint-Pierre<br>Co-orientador: Diego Lopes da Silva<br>Banca: Érica Cristina Alexandre Winand<br>Banca: Samuel Alves Soares<br>O Programa de Pós-Graduação em Relações Internacionais é instituído em parceria com a Unesp/Unicamp/PUC-SP, em projeto subsidiado pela CAPES, intitulado "Programa San Tiago Dantas"<br>Resumo: Procuramos compreender o processo de constituição do binômio Desenvolvimento e Defesa no Brasil, questionando a centralidade adquirida pela indústria de defesa (ID) nesta construção. Embora reconhecendo que a associação entre estratégia de desenvolvimento e política de defesa não seja necessariamente inédita no Brasil, defendemos que nos moldes aqui observados, trata-se de fenômeno fruto de uma correlação específica de forças estabelecida nos governos petistas. Apresentamos três fatores a ser considerados em nossa análise. Primeiro, o respaldo fornecido por uma política econômica desenvolvimentista, com maior atuação do Estado no mercado que beneficiou a indústria de defesa. Segundo, a orientação da ID por uma política externa que almejava maior autonomia internacional lastreada em capacidade dissuasória. Por fim, tratamos da legitimidade da ID. A convergência dos interesses dos diferentes atores sociais envolvidos na política industrial de defesa brasileira justificava os vultuosos investimentos demandados. A convergência dos três fatores dava as bases para a conformação do binômio Desenvolvimento e Defesa em torno da ID.<br>Abstract: The purpose of this work is to understand the process of constitution of the binomial Development and Defense in Brazil, questioning the centrality acquired by the defense industry in this construction. While recognizing that the association between development strategy and defense policy is not necessarily unprecedented in Brazil, we argue that in the ways observed here, this phenomenon is the result of a specific force correlation stablished during the Worker's Party's governments. We present here three factors that, in our understanding, should be considered for the analysis in question. The first concerns the support provided by a development-oriented economic policy, with greater State action in the market. In this scenario, the defense industry benefited from its insertion in a broader development policy. Secondly, by being encompassed in a broader foreign policy strategy that sought greater autonomy in the international scenario backed by greater deterrent capabilities, the defense industry had its development boosted. Finally, we address the matter of legitimacy. The convergence of the interests of the different social actors involved in the Brazilian defense industrial policy gave the sector the justifications necessary for the large investments demanded. By converging, the three factors provided the basis for the conformation of the Development and Defense binomial around ID.<br>Resumen: El objetivo de este trabajo es comprender el proceso de constitución del binomio Desarrollo y Defensa en Brasil, cuestionando el porqué de la centralidad adquirida por la industria de defensa (ID) en esta construcción. Aunque reconociendo que la asociación entre estrategia de desarrollo y política de defensa no es necesariamente inédita en Brasil, defendemos que en los moldes aquí observados este fenómeno es fruto de una correlación específica de fuerzas establecida en los gobiernos petistas. Se presentan aquí tres factores que, en nuestro entendimiento, deben ser considerados para el análisis en cuestión. El primero se refiere al respaldo proporcionado por una política económica de cuño desarrollista, con mayor actuación del Estado en el mercado. En ese escenario, la industria de defensa se beneficiaba en la medida en que se veía englobada una política de desarrollo más amplia. En segundo lugar, el encuadramiento de la ID en una estrategia de política exterior que anhelaba una mayor autonomía en el escenario internacional respaldado en mayores capacidades disuasorias daba un mayor impulso al sector. Por último, tratamos de la legitimidad de que gozaba la ID. La convergencia de los intereses de los diferentes actores sociales involucrados en la política industrial de defensa brasileña dada al sector las justificaciones necesarias para las enormes inversiones demandadas. Al converger, los tres factores daban las bases para la conformación del binomio Desarrollo y Defensa en to... (Resumen completo clicar acceso eletrônico abajo)<br>Mestre
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Holland, Marcia Annette. "Aerospace and Defense Industries Online Recruiting of College and University Graduates: Strategies Toward Defining a Comprehensive Informational Benchmark." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2011. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc84219/.
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This qualitative, inductive study analyzed online recruiting information posted at the websites of five major aerospace and defense corporations to recruit college juniors, seniors, and recent graduates. Recruitment of this group is critical to staff the personnel for the scientific, technical, and management needs of aerospace and defense industries. The study sought: (1) to determine the use of multiple recruitment factors inferred from the literature and recommended for successful recruitment of college graduates, (2) to determine use of online social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) to recruit this population, and (3) to explore commonalities among these corporations regarding online recruiting information to determine if a model for online recruitment now exists. A matrix of recruitment factors was developed from a review of the literature on the personnel needs of this industry and on effective recruiting factors for this group. Content analysis involved filtering information at each website with the matrix. Conclusions of this study include: (1) the matrix of recruitment factors and the rating scale developed for the purposes of this study provide a tool for researching, documenting, and comparing recruitment information on the internet; (2) that while these corporations represent the latest applications in technology in their manufacturing processes and products, they do not use social networking technology to the extent the popular and scholarly literature indicate is typical for the target group. Given that the current generation exhibits extensive use of social media, several of these corporations’ websites appear not to utilize this networking technology. Informally, these corporations argue that cyber-security prevents extensive use of social networking sites. Thus, these corporations must determine how to maintain cyber-security while at the same time adopting more accepted use of social networking platforms.
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Krause, Keith. "Arms transfers and international influence : a historical and theoretical analysis." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.670374.
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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.<br>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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Barlas, Mehmet Albeni Mesut. "Savunma sanayiinde yenilik politikalarının bir aracı olarak offset uygulamaları /." Isparta : Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2007. http://tez.sdu.edu.tr/Tezler/TS00578.pdf.
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Tuggle, Tamara K. (Tamara Kay). "Commitment as an Indicator of Turnover in First Line Manufacturing Supervision." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1994. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279065/.
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Organizational commitment is most commonly defined as a measure of an employee's commitment to the company or larger organization. In a longitudinal study, the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire was administered to 123 first line manufacturing supervisors in a defense contracting firm. After a one year check, subjects were grouped into categories of voluntary and involuntary turnover. The results suggest that significant relationships exist among the variables of departmental commitment, turnover and tenure. However, the study failed to show any relationship between organizational commitment and turnover.
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Butler, Karen Renee. "Growth Capital Strategies for Defense Industry Women-Owned Small Businesses." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4204.
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Access to growth capital, a critical factor for growing a successful, sustainable business, is a challenge for women-owned small businesses. Following the resource based theory, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore what capital growth strategies 6 small women-owned business leaders in the defense industry in Dayton, Ohio used to ensure business sustainability beyond the initial start-up period of 1 year. Data were collected through semistructured interviews and company documents. Methodological triangulation, member checking, reflexivity, and an audit trail were used to strengthen credibility and trustworthiness. Based on thematic analysis of the data, emergent themes included growth strategies, risk, and cultivate relationships. Participants pursued low-cost slow-growth strategies to remain viable in a highly competitive marketplace; mitigated risk by aligning business decisions with their strategic plans and diversifying their business and customer base; and cultivated relationships with government agencies, customers, partners, and employees to obtain capital to sustain and grow their businesses. The implications for positive social change include the potential to provide women-owned small business leaders with strategies to obtain growth capital necessary for sustainability, contributing to economic growth of businesses, employees, employees' families, and communities.
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Fallatah, Basem Abdullrahman. "Systems Approach: Concept Proposal to Develop Saudi Arabia Low-Complexity-Defense-Spare-Parts Manufacturing Industries, Utilizing Technology Transfer and Business Incubator." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1544620225738681.
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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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Rightsell, Nathaniel David. "Strategic objectives contextual understanding of the expanded Russian--Venezuelan relationship." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2009/Jun/09Jun%5FRightsell.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Western Hemisphere))--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2009.<br>Thesis Advisor(s): Giraldo, Jeanne K. "June 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on 13 July 2009. Author(s) subject terms: United States, Venezuela, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, Hugo Chávez, perception, Constructivism, oil, arms sales, petroleum, energy, International Relations Theory, Strategic, Realism, Liberalism, Siloviki, PDVSA, GAZPROM, democracy. Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-126). Also available in print.
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Pinkney, Kathryn Currie. "From Stockyards to Defense Plants, the Transformation of a City: Fort Worth, Texas, and World War II." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2003. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4359/.
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World War II represented a watershed event in the history of the United States and affected political, economic, and social systems at all levels. In particular, the war unleashed forces that caused rapid industrialization, immigration, and urbanization in two regions, the South and the West. This study examines one community's place in that experience as those forces forever altered the city of Fort Worth, Texas. Prior to World War II, Fort Worth's economy revolved around cattle, food-processing, and oil, industries that depended largely on an unskilled labor force. The Fort Worth Stockyards laid claim to the single largest workforce in the city, while manufacturing lagged far behind. After an aggressive campaign waged by city civic and business leaders, Fort Worth acquired a Consolidated Aircraft Corporation assembly plant in early 1941. The presence of that facility initiated an economic transformation that resulted in a major shift away from agriculture and toward manufacturing, particularly the aviation industry. The Consolidated plant sparked industrial development, triggered an influx of newcomers, trained a skilled workforce, and stimulated an economic recovery that lifted the city out of the Depression-era doldrums. When hostilities ended and the United States entered the Cold War period, Consolidated and the adjacent airfield, designated as Carswell Air Force Base in 1948, provided the framework for Fort Worth's postwar industrial expansion and economic prosperity. Fort Worth emerged from World War II as one of the nation's premier aviation production centers and as a linchpin of America's defensive strategy. In the process, it became what historian Roger Lotchin has labeled a "martial metropolis." Ties developed during the war between the city and the military extended into the postwar period and beyond as Fort Worth became part of the growing military/industrial complex. From stockyards to defense plants, World War II transformed Fort Worth from agriculture and mavericks to manufacturing and the military.
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Khwela, Gcwelumusa Chrysostomus. "Challenges of arms transfers facing the emerging supplier states in the new international political economy." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53324.
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Thesis (MMil)--Stellenbosch University, 2003.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The fundamental motivation for emerging arms suppliers to produce arms was the desire to overcome
their position of dependence in the system of arms production and transfers. However, their
predicament as late entrants into the system castigated them to fail in this endeavour. This failure is
based on three criteria, which also assist in the identification of emerging suppliers. Firstly, the
weaponry they produce is far below the sophistication characterised by higher levels of technological
advancement. Secondly, they can only produce one or two advanced weapon systems. Finally, they
rely on the leading suppliers for certain sophisticated components of weapon systems which they cannot
produce themselves and as a result, become so dependent that they, with an exception of a few, are
unable to go beyond the simple reproduction or retrofitting of existing weapon systems. The capability
to produce arms was restrictedly extended to certain states in the post-war era, and even those states that
obtained such a capability were confmed to producing small arms and platforms for naval vessels.
Those states that went beyond these capabilities did so with the assistance of other states or specialists,
the initial intention being to meet domestic requirements, and ultimately to dispose surplus Second
World War equipment in the re-transfer market. The emerging supplier states' intention to develop
indigenous arms industries was driven by the political urge to reduce their reliance on the leading
suppliers and to nationalise the arms production process for import substitution in order to meet
domestic security needs. Since the emerging suppliers began the process of defence industrialisation
from the importation of complete weapon systems to import substitution, and ultimately to the
promotion of exports, they mainly relied on technology imported from the leading suppliers. On the one
hand, the leading suppliers attempted to hinder the efforts of emerging suppliers to promote arms
exports so as to protect their oligopolistic share of the arms market through tightening the controls and
regulations on technological supplies. On the other, the emerging suppliers were impelled to promote
their arms exports in order to overcome the saturation of their domestic markets, to utilise effectively
their arms production capacities, and to positively affect their balance of payments through the
procreation of foreign exchange returns.
This study reached the following conclusions and inferences:
1. The arms trade has evolved to be characterised by the transfer of military technology, which did
not feature in the arms transactions of the previous periods.
2. The gap between the leading and emerging suppliers is widening with regard to the
sophistication of technological capabilities, and accordingly the stratification within the arms production
and transfer system is sustainable and reinforced, thus making it hard for the lower tiers to progress
beyond their current status.
3. The emerging suppliers' share of and contribution into the arms market is constricted, and as
such they specialise in specific (often uncomplicated) weapon systems that constitute niches in the
global market.
4. The unfolding arms production and transfer system is characterised by a fiercely competitive
atmosphere, and consequently, only those states that can subsidise or integrate their efforts are enabled
to sustain an advanced arms production faculty.
5. As the emerging suppliers begin to introduce more and more of their wares into the market, the
costs of research and development begin to soar in the same manner as those of the leading suppliers,
thus urging them to become more export-oriented.
6. Participants in the system will be compelled to relinquish their comparative technological
superiority in order to survive, thus narrowing the gap between the capabilities possessed by both the
leading and the emerging suppliers.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die onderliggende motivering van opkomende wapenverskaffers om wapens te produseer word
toegeskryf aan 'n behoefte om hulle relatiewe afhanklikheid in die stelsel van wapenproduksie en -
handel te oorkom. Boonop het die laat toetrede tot die stelsel hierdie opkomende verskaffers se kanse
tot sukses verder belemmer. Die rede vir die onsuksesvolle toetrede word gebasseer op drie kriteria
(wat ook dien as identifiserende eienskappe van opkomende wapenverskaffers). Eerstens, die wapens
wat opkomende verskaffers lewer skiet tekort aan die vereiste gesofistikeerde standaarde van die
gevestigde wapenprodusente. Tweedens, hulle kan slegs een of twee gevorderde wapenstelsels
produseer. Derdens, sekere komponente van wapenstelsels word verkry by die gevestigde verskaffers,
wat lei tot afhanklikheid tot so 'n mate dat die opkomende verskaffer se vermoëns beperk word tot
eenvoudige reprodusering of herinstallasies van bestaande stelsels. Trouens, in die post-oorlog tydperk
is die vermoë om wapens te produseer doelbewus beperk tot sekere state wat 'n afgebakende reeks van
handwapens en uitrusting vir vloot vaartuie kon vervaardig. State wat verby hierdie vermoë beweeg
het, het dit gedoen met behulp van ander state of spesaliste, oorspronklik met die oog op die
huishoudelike behoefte maar ook om ontslae te raak van surplusse uit die Tweede Wêreldoorlog. 'n
Politieke begeerte om in hulle eie sekuriteitsbehoeftes te voorsien deur middel van invoersubstitusie, het
die opkomende verskaffers genoop om ontslae te raak van die afhanklikheid op gevestigde verskaffers
en om die wapenproduseringsproses te nasionaliseer. Hulle het hoofsaaklik gesteun op ingevoerde
tegnologie om die verdedigingsbedryf te industrialiseer. Die proses het so verloop: volledige
wapenstelsels is ingevoer, daarna het invoersubstitusie plaasgevind, en daarna 'n bevordering van
uitvoere. Gevestigde verskaffers het endersyds probeer om (deur middel van strenger kontrole en
regulasies of tegnologiese ware) die opkomende verskaffers te verhoed om hulle oligopolistiese houvas
op die mark te belemmer en andersyds moes opkomende verskaffers noodgedwonge hulle uitvoere
bevorder om te voorkom dat die plaaslike mark versadig word. Die laasgenoemde aspek het ook die
betalingsbalans van opkomende verskaffers positief beinvloed as gevolg van die inkomste uit
buitelandse valuta.
Hierdie studie kom tot die volgende aanames en gevolgtrekkings:
1. Wapenhandel het só ontwikkel dat die oordrag van militêre tegnologie die hoofkenmerk geword
het in die stelsel - 'n ongekende kenmerk tot dusver in die ontwikkelingsgang van internasionale
wapenhandel.
2. Die gaping van tegnologiese vermoëns tussen opkomende en gevestigde wapenverskaffers word
groter en daarmee saam word die stratifikasie in wapenproduksie en -lewering volhoubaar en versterk,
wat lei tot 'n beperking op die vermoë van opkomende verskaffers om vooruitgang te maak.
3. Opkomende verskaffers se aandeel in en bydrae tot wapenmarkte bly beperk en spesialiseer
daarom op spesifieke (meestalongekompliseerde) wapenstelsels wat gemik is op sekere nisse in die
wêreldmark.
4. Die ontluikende wapenproduksie en -handelsisteem is uiters kompeterend, met die gevolg dat
slegs state wat hulle pogings kan subsidieer of integreer in staat is om gevorderde fasiliteite te onderhou.
5. Met die toenemende aanbod vanaf opkomende verskaffers, styg die kostes van navorsing en
ontwikkeling vir beide die opkomende en die gevestigde verskaffer wat weer beide dwing om hulle
uitvoere te beklemtoon.
6. Deelnemers in die stelsel sal gedwing word om hulle vergelykende tegnologiese voorsprong
prys te gee om te oorleef in die stelsel, waarna die gaping tussen die vermoëns van opkomende en
gevestigde verskaffers verminder sal word.
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Hébert, Jean-Paul. "Mutation du systeme français de production d'armement : la fin d'une régulation administrée." Grenoble 2, 1993. http://www.theses.fr/1993GRE21045.
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Le fonctionnement du systeme francais de production d'armement s'inscrit dans un mode de regulation administree (mra) (et non pas concurrentiel), ou le rapport des firmes a l'etat et au modele politico-strategique est determinant. Ce mra s'accomode d'une diversite de rapports firmes etat, dont les archetypes sont des societes : aerospatiale, dassault aviation, thomson-csf et matra. Sont des societes : aerospatiale, dassault aviation, thomson-csf et matra. Les differents marches d'armement (nucleaire, aerospatial, electronique, marches classiques) representent des formes multiples de la crise de regulation. Mais ils ont en commun de ne pas etre des marches au sens classique du terme, les prix n'etant pas les mecanismes fondamentaux d'equilibre. Dans ce mra, les firmes beneficient de taux de marges assures mais l'etat economise les couts de transaction qu'entraineraient des mecanismes concurrentiels. Toutefois, une critique politique effective est necessaire pour maintenit une contestabilite des marches et eviter la sclerose et les rentes de situations. La derive des prix des armements manifeste precisement l'affaiblissement de ce mecanisme. Elle est la traduction financiere de la course a la complexification liee a la competition mondiale, dont la modelisation mathematique montre que le mouvement ne peut etre qu'une croissance exponentielle. Devenant economiquement insupportable, au moment meme ou l'evolution mondiale remet en cause les compromis fondateurs du mra, elle participe au demantelement en cours du mra du systeme francais de production d'armement<br>The french system of armament's production is governed by a mode de regulation administree (mra) (and not by a mode de regulation concurrentielle). In this case, the relationship between firms and the state, and between firms and the political and strategic model are determinant. This mra put up with diversity of relationships between firms and state, which is represented by aerospatiale, dassault aviation, thomson-csf and matra. With the various armament's markets (nuclear, aerospatial, electronic, conventional productions), there are various forms of crisis of the mra, but none of these are classical markets, because the prices are not the basic mechanisms of equilibrium. In this mra, the mechanisms for the firms are "cost-plus" mechanisms. But, the state save the transaction's costs, which could be created by competitive mechanisms. However, an effective political critic is necessary in order to the markets be contestable markets and avoid the sclerosisand the "rentes de situation". Accurately, the armaments' prices drift show the weakening of this mechanism. She is the financial translation of the technocological complexification, which is drived by the mondial arm's race. A mathematical modelisation shows that this movment is necessarily, an exponential growth. The armament's price drift is now disordered : so, all the founder-compromise of the mra are called into question. This time is
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Caralp, Adrien. "Economie de la défense et industries des petits Etats européens : diversité et recomposition des capacités industrielles nationales au niveau de la construction de plateformes dans un secteur en mutation." Thesis, Paris, EHESS, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017EHES0125/document.
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Alors que la période qui suit la fin de la guerre froide est caractérisée par une restructuration profonde des industries de la défense au niveau mondial, la plupart des études portent sur les mutations à l’œuvre au sein des principaux pays producteurs et de quelques grands pays émergents. Face à cette situation, ce travail doctoral s’intéresse plus spécifiquement au cas des « petits Etats ». La littérature spécialisée tend en effet généralement à considérer qu’après la fin de la course aux armements qui caractérise la période de l’affrontement bipolaire, seules les principales puissances conserveraient la maîtrise de la conception d’armements sophistiqués alors que les Etats aux budgets militaires significativement plus faibles n’auraient d’autre possibilité que d’accepter un rôle de plus grande subordination à travers une modalité principale : l’intégration au sein des chaînes de valeur des principaux producteurs mondiaux en tant que fournisseurs de systèmes, sous-systèmes et composants. Dans ce cadre, la capacité à concevoir des plateformes (véhicule, navire, sous-marin, avion, hélicoptère…) échapperait définitivement aux « petits Etats » et serait le seul apanage des grandes puissances. Partant du constat du maintien de capacités au niveau de la construction de plateformes dans plusieurs « petits Etats » européens, ce travail s’interroge sur les conditions dans lesquelles ces derniers sont parvenus à conserver un tel niveau de compétence industrielle. Organisé autour de quatre études de cas (Suisse, Finlande, Pays-Bas et Suède) dans trois secteurs distincts (terrestre, naval et aéronautique militaire), il cherche à comprendre si ces capacités constituent un héritage du passé tôt ou tard condamné à disparaître, ou si elles s’insèrent dans des stratégies viables et potentiellement transposables à d’autres trajectoires nationales. Pour ce faire, ce travail commence par revenir sur les apports des principales recherches françaises dans le champ de l’économie de la défense, puis il mobilise les travaux de Michael Porter sur le positionnement concurrentiel et sur les déterminants de l’avantage concurrentiel national afin de les appliquer à l’étude des industries militaires des « petits Etats »<br>While the period that follows the end of the cold war is still characterized by a deep restructuring of the world defense industries, most of the studies focus on the changes at work within the main producing nations and a few large developing countries. By contrast, this doctoral dissertation focuses more specifically on the situation of the “small states”. Specialized literature tends to suggest that following the arms race that prevailed during the years of bipolar confrontation, only the largest powers would dominate the research and development of sophisticated armaments, while the weaker nations with significantly lower defense budgets would be reduced to playing a minor role through a core modality – their integration within the value chains of the main world producers as suppliers of systems, subsystems and components. In this framework, the ability to design and build platforms (i.e. vehicle, ship, submarine, aircraft, helicopter...) would definitively elude the “small states” and would remain the sole prerogative of the biggest powers. On the basis of the fact that several “small” European states still do have some platform-building capabilities in the military area, this dissertation investigates how the latter succeeded in retaining such a level of industrial competence. Based upon four case studies (Switzerland, Finland, Netherlands and Sweden) in three different sectors (military land, naval and aeronautics), its aim is to understand whether these industrial capabilities do constitute a legacy that will inevitably disappear in the long run, or whether they are integrated within viable strategies that might be succesfully implemented in other national trajectories. To do so, this doctoral work starts by investigating the findings of the main French researches conducted in the field of defense economics, and it subsequently uses the contributions of Michael Porter on competitive positioning and the determinants of the competitive advantage of nations in order to apply them to the study of the military industries of the “small states”
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Luce, Lauri D. (Lauri Diane). "The Relationship Between Level of Security Clearance and Stress in Engineering and Design Personnel." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1991. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc504111/.
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The present study investigated the relationship between level of security clearance in engineering occupations and stress. A total of 63 male employees in the field of engineering and design with varying levels of security clearance employed by a large Southwestern defense company participated in the study. Data was obtained utilizing the Engineering Stress Questionnaire which measures sources of stress, work locus of control, social support, job difficulty, job characteristics, perceived stress, and demographic variables. T-tests revealed no statistically significant differences between employees with low security clearances and high security clearances with regard to perceived stress level. However, correlational support was found for hypotheses involving social support, job difficulty, job characteristics, sources of stress, and perceived stress. Path analysis was performed to investigate the impact of variable relationships.
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Camp, Joe Harden. "Birch rod to arsenal : a study of the Naval Ordnance Plant at South Charleston, West Virginia and the search for a government industrial policy /." VIEW WEB VERSION, 2002. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=2359.
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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.<br>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.<br>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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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 Públicas<br>O 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.<br>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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Silva, Peterson Ferreira da. "A política industrial de defesa no Brasil (1999-2014): intersetorialidade e dinâmica de seus principais atores." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/101/101131/tde-15092015-113930/.
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O tema desta pesquisa é a política industrial de defesa brasileira. Seu objeto é a dinâmica dos mais importantes processos e atores na concepção e articulação dos principais projetos militares brasileiros, no contexto do entrelaçamento entre as políticas públicas de defesa, industrial, externa e de CT&I. Mais especificamente, o objetivo desta investigação interdisciplinar é explorar em que medida essa dinâmica entre processos e atores, incluindo seus mecanismos de coordenação e canais de interação, molda o perfil do conjunto dos principais projetos militares brasileiros. A hipótese a ser verificada é a de que, apesar dos avanços institucionais constatados desde a criação do Ministério da Defesa, ainda seria possível apontar desafios no que se refere à estruturação de seus mecanismos de coordenação, conduzindo a situações de ambiguidade em termos de direção política e de autonomia militar. Para tanto, o período analisado abrange desde o ano da criação do Ministério da Defesa (1999), até o término de coleta de material para este projeto (2014), coincidindo com o período de eleições presidenciais. Com base nos resultados alcançados, torna-se possível explorar as oscilações orçamentárias não apenas como causa, mas, sobretudo, como efeito dos problemas enfrentados na gestão desse portfólio de empreendimentos complexos, no quadro mais amplo do processo de amadurecimento do Ministério da Defesa.<br>The theme of this research is the Brazilian defense industrial policy. The subject is the dynamic of the most important processes and players in the design and coordination of the main Brazilian military projects in the context of entanglement between Defense, Foreign Affairs and Science, Technology & Innovation public policies. More specifically, the objective of this interdisciplinary research is to explore to what extent this dynamic between processes and players, as well as their mechanisms of coordination and interaction channels, shape the profile of the main Brazilian military projects. The hypothesis to be verified is that despite the institutional progress made since the creation of the Ministry of Defense, it is still possible to identify challenges in terms of the structuring of its coordination mechanisms, leading to ambiguous situations in terms of political direction and military autonomy. Thus, the period considered covers the years since the creation of the Ministry of Defense (1999) until the end of data collection for this project (2014), coinciding with the presidential election period in Brazil. Based on the results achieved, it becomes possible to explore the budgetary fluctuations not only a cause, but above all, the effect of the problems faced in managing this portfolio of complex projects, within the broader framework of the maturing process of the Brazilian Ministry of Defense.
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Battiss, Samir. "Les relations transatlantiques dans le cadre de la politique européenne de sécurité et de défense (PESD) : l’Alliance atlantique face à l’émergence d’un acteur stratégique européen (1989-2009)." Thesis, Paris 2, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012PA020056.
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Tentant de sortir du seul modèle connu et qui s’offre aux partenaires européens, à savoir l’OTAN, l’UE se fonde sur un système original et spécifique qui se veut plus efficace devant les défis de sécurité d’aujourd’hui et de demain. En parallèle, l’Alliance atlantique, qui tire pour beaucoup, sa légitimité de l’Histoire du continent européen, essaie de se maintenir en tant qu’acteur privilégié en matière de défense et de sécurité collective. L’objectif de cette thèse est de défendre l’idée de la pertinence de l’Union européenne en tant qu’acteur majeur dans le domaine de la défense et de sécurité tout en mettant en évidence les différences fondamentales entre celle-ci et l’action de l’Alliance atlantique. Ce travail de recherche fournit une analyse doctrinale et conceptuelle, à la fois « éclectique et pluraliste », pour répondre à la question de l’établissement de relations entre plusieurs institutions internationales de sécurité à partir des comportements étatiques en matière de sécurité et de défense collective. Cette analyse ne peut se faire sans se fonder sur les développements politiques et techniques ayant marqué ces vingt-cinq dernières années. Ces faits constituent des éléments tant explicatifs qu’évaluatifs du processus par lequel ces institutions naissent ou se modifient. Ils contribuent également à mettre en lumière les mécanismes d’interdépendance étroite entre l’Alliance atlantique et le processus de la PESD de l’Union européenne, et par ailleurs, de souligner l’originalité de cette dernière. Cette interdépendance existe sur le plan politique et dans ses différents aspects militaires (stratégique, opérationnel et tactique), ainsi que dans le volet technico-industriel ; elle résulte directement tant de la double appartenance historique des États membres à des instruments multilatéraux de sécurité, d’événements politiques majeurs touchant le continent européen, que des efforts entrepris pour faire converger les intérêts nationaux et, donc, le façonnage d’une culture stratégique<br>The European Union bases its security system on genuine and specific approach which would allow the face the forthcoming challenges. Meanwhile it has attempted to untangle from the unique model of collective security in the Euroatlantic area, that is to say NATO. This study aims to defend the relevancy of the EU as a major international actor in a large scale of security missions. Moreover it highlights the main differences between the EU vis-à-vis the Alliance’s activities. It is based on a theoretical and conceptual analysis which uses both an eclectic and pluralist approach in order to provide answers on how States’ behavior in defense and collective security matters influences the setting up of relations between several international security institutions. This analysis derives from the political and technical developments that influenced the security landscape the last twenty-five years. These facts help to explain and to evaluate the process by which such institutions arise and develop. They finally contribute to highlight the tight and original interdependency of the between the Atlantic Alliance and the European Security and Defense Policy of the European Union. This interdependency is real from political, military (strategic, operational and tactical) and technical-industrial perspectives ; it directly originates from the historical dual belonging to the multinational security frameworks, from major political events on the European continent, as much as a joint effort to focus on common interests and the shaping of a strategic culture
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Junior, Reinaldo Squillante. "Controle relacionado à segurança nas indústrias de processos: uma abordagem integrada de modelos de acidentes, defesa em profundidade e diagnosticabilidade segura." Universidade de São Paulo, 2017. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3152/tde-10082017-110852/.
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A questão da segurança funcional das indústrias de processos vem recebendo uma atenção crescente pela comunidade científica mundial, uma vez que se observa a possibilidade de ocorrências de acidentes e as consequências indesejadas que estes acidentes têm provocado. Essas indústrias podem ser consideradas como parte de uma classe de sistemas denominados Sistemas Críticos, que são caracterizados pela possibilidade de ocorrência de falhas críticas, que resultam em acidentes com perdas de vidas humanas, danos ao meio ambiente e perdas financeiras envolvendo custos significativos de equipamentos e propriedades. Estes fatos justificam a necessidade de uma nova abordagem no que se refere ao design de processos, design de controle de processos, análise e controle de riscos e avaliação de riscos. Um dos desafios pertinentes à segurança funcional está associado a como vincular os cenários de acidentes aos requisitos para projetos de sistemas de controle relacionados à segurança das indústrias de processos de forma sistemática. Por sua vez, a possibilidade de ocorrência de eventos críticos e/ou eventos indesejados não observados ou ocultos, como fatores relevantes associados à evolução da sequência de eventos que culmina na ocorrência de um acidente. Neste contexto, o desafio está em aprimorar a eficácia destes sistemas de controle, que envolve o desenvolvimento de uma solução capaz de supervisionar o processo de evolução de falhas críticas, a fim de se garantir um nível de segurança funcional adequado e que esteja em conformidade com as normas internacionais aplicáveis IEC 61508 e IEC 61511. Portanto, estas considerações trazem novos requisitos para o projeto de sistemas de controle desta natureza, capaz de englobar modelos de acidentes e processos de evolução de falhas críticas. Uma solução é a consideração das abordagens de prevenção e mitigação de falhas críticas de forma integrada e interativa. Além disso é necessário abordar novas técnicas e conceitos para que se possa desenvolver um sistema de controle capaz de rastrear e atuar nos processos de evolução de falhas desta natureza. Uma possibilidade consiste em considerar o princípio de defesa em profundidade aliado à propriedade de diagnosticabilidade segura. O atendimento a este novo conjunto de requisitos não é trivial e se faz necessário integrar diferentes formalismos para o desenvolvimento de soluções adequadas. Portanto, este trabalho apresenta uma metodologia para o projeto de um sistema de controle baseado no conceito de segurança funcional para indústrias de processos, e que propõe: (i) uma arquitetura de controle para prevenção e mitigação de falhas críticas, (ii) extensão da classificação de barreiras de segurança focando na automação via sistemas instrumentados de segurança (SIS) (iii) framework para a síntese de sistemas de controle relacionados à segurança baseado em modelos de acidentes e que contempla os seguintes métodos: (a) elaboração do HAZOP, (b) construção de modelos de acidentes, (c) integração dos modelos de acidentes com o HAZOP e (d) geração dos algoritmos de defesa para a prevenção e mitigação de falhas críticas, a partir de técnicas de modelagem usando extensões da rede de Petri: Production Flow Schema (PFS) e Mark Flow Graph (MFG). A metodologia proposta foi verificada, a partir de exemplos de aplicação investigados na literatura.<br>The issue of the functional safety of process industries has been receiving increasing attention from the world scientific community, since it has stated the possibility of occurrences of the accidents and the related undesired consequences. These industries can be considered as part of a system class called critical systems, which are characterized by the occurrence of critical faults, which can result in accidents involving loss of life, damage to the environment, and financial losses involving equipment and property. These facts justify the need for a new approach that addresses: process design, process control design, risk analysis and control, and risk assessment. One of the challenges related to functional safety is associated with how to integrate accident scenarios to the requirements for the design of safety-related control systems of the process industries in a systematic way. Furthermore, there is the possibility of the occurrence of the unobserved or hidden undesired and / or critical events, as relevant factors associated to the evolution of the sequence of the events that corroborates in the occurrence of an accident. In this context, the challenge is to improve the effectiveness of these control systems, which involves the development of a solution capable of supervising the process of evolution of the critical and / or undesired events, in order to guarantee an adequate level of functional safety, and that complies with the applicable international standards IEC 61508 and IEC 61511. Therefore, these considerations bring new requirements for the design of control systems of this nature, capable of encompassing the accident models and the critical fault evolution processes. One solution is to consider critical fault prevention and mitigation approaches in an integrated and interactive way. In addition, it is necessary to addresses new techniques and concepts in order to develop a control system capable of tracking and acting in the evolution processes of faults of this nature. One possibility is to consider the principle of defense-in-depth coupled with the property of safe diagnosability. The fulfillment of this new set of requirements is not trivial and it is necessary to integrate different formalisms for the development of adequate solutions. Therefore, this work presents a methodology for the design of a safety-related control systems based on the concept of functional safety for the process industries, which proposes: (i) a control architecture for the prevention and mitigation of the critical faults, (ii) an extension of the classification of the safety barriers focusing on automation via safety instrumented system (SIS), (iii) a framework for the synthesis of the safety-related control systems based on accident models and which includes the following methods: (a) elaboration of the HAZOP study, (b) construction of the accident models, (c) integration of the accident models with the HAZOP study, and (d) generation of the defense algorithms for the prevention and mitigation of the critical faults, via modeling techniques using extensions of the Petri net: Production Flow Schema (PFS) and Mark Flow Graph (MFG). The proposed methodology was verified, from application examples investigated in the literature.
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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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Silva, Diego Fróes e. Coelho da. "Parcerias público-privadas : alternativa viável para os projetos estratégicos de defesa?" reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/25672.
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Previous issue date: 2018-10-02<br>O objetivo deste estudo é examinar se as parcerias público-privadas (PPP) podem constituir uma ferramenta viável para a implementação dos Projetos Estratégicos de Defesa no Brasil. As PPP são um instrumento para a cooperação da iniciativa privada na realização de investimentos de interesse público e são capazes de aperfeiçoar os processos de desestatização, em busca de ampliar o alcance das externalidades positivas que tais processos podem gerar. Há experiências semelhantes em países como Reino Unido, Estados Unidos da América (EUA) e Austrália, nas quais se verificou aumento da qualidade dos serviços e diminuição dos prazos de entrega em comparação aos métodos tradicionais de contratação. Por meio de um estudo de caso, amparado em uma pesquisa documental e bibliográfica e apoiando-se nas bem-sucedidas experiências internacionais, é possível investigar se as PPP podem contribuir para o fomento da Base Industrial de Defesa (BID), fundamentais ao aprimoramento das Forças Armadas e ao desenvolvimento do País.
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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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<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p>
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Ambros, Christiano Cruz. "Base industrial de defesa e arranjos institucionais : África do Sul, Austrália e Brasil em perspectiva comparada." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/157043.
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As mudanças no mercado global da indústria de defesa ocorridas nos últimos trinta anos impõem desafios significativos para o desenvolvimento e sustentação da uma base industrial de defesa nacional. Países como o Brasil, que se encontram em posições intermediárias da hierarquia internacional de produção de armamentos, enfrentam ainda mais constrangimentos, dado o chamado trilema de modernização da defesa. A experiência de uma série de países intermediários vem mostrando que, apesar das dificuldades, é possível desenvolver estratégias eficientes para superar o trilema da modernização e desenvolver e sustentar a indústria de defesa nacional. O presente trabalho tem o objetivo de compreender as estratégias de desenvolvimento e sustentação da base industrial de defesa nacional, buscando identificar a relação entre três variáveis: a motivação política atribuída à indústria de defesa para a inserção estratégica internacional; os arranjos institucionais arquitetados para gerenciar e promover esta indústria específica; e a configuração do modelo de desenvolvimento e de sustentação da base industrial de defesa nacional. Com este intuito, comparamos estes conceitos em três casos de estudo: África do Sul, Austrália e Brasil Desde o princípio dos anos 2000, o Brasil vem enfatizando a importância estratégica das indústrias de defesa e tem criado políticas específicas voltadas à articulação dos elementos necessários ao fortalecimento desta variável de poder ;?internacional e de desenvolvimento tecnológico. As experiências de outros países podem auxiliar o Brasil a formular um modelo de desenvolvimento e sustentação da base industrial de defesa cada vez mais robusto, eficiente e adaptado aos desafios impostos por constrangimentos estruturais.<br>The changes in the global defense industry over the last thirty years poses significant challenges to the development and sustainability of a national defense industrial base. Countries such as Brazil, which are in an intermediate position on the international hierarchy of arms production, face even more constraints, given the so-called defence modernization trilemma. The experience of a number of intermediate countries has shown that, despite the difficulties, it is possible to develop efficient strategies to overcome the modernization trilemma and to develop and sustain the national defense industry. The present work aims to understand the strategies of development and sustainability of the national defense industry, identifying the relationship between three variables: the political motivation attributed to the defense industry for the international strategic insertion; the institutional arrangements designed to manage and promote this particular industry; and the configuration of the development model for the national defense industry For this purpose, we compare these concepts in three case studies: South Africa, Australia and Brazil. Since the beginning of the 2000s, Brazil has emphasized the strategic importance of the defense industries and has created specific policies aimed at articulating the elements necessary to strengthen this variable of international power and technological development. The experiences of other countries can help Brazil to formulate a model of development and sustainability of the national defense industry increasingly robust, efficient and adapted to the challenges imposed by structural constraints.