III. The State–Defence Industrial Relationship: Government as Sponsor

Heidenkamp, Henrik; Louth, John; Taylor, Trevor

doi:10.1080/02681307.2013.857250

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“…Thus, a close relationship exists between developing a national defense industry and a government's ability to ensure security. The government, as a customer, sponsor, and regulator (Heidenkamp et al 2013), plays a critical role in shaping the industry, as it is the primary source of funding and sets the rules and regulations that "shapes" the industry. As a customer, the government's primary goal, is to ensure that it gets the best value for money and that the equipment meets its operational requirements.…”

Section: The Role Of the State In The Triangle: Defense Industry Econ...mentioning

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Using Markunsen’s Typology as a Starting Point to Examine the Case of the Center for Defense Space and Security Cluster: The State-Anchor Type of Cluster

KYRIAZIS,

METAXAS

2023

Theor. Pract. Res. Econom. Fields

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Defense is a strategic sector that is closely tied to national security and sovereignty. As such, governments tend to have a strong interest in supporting and developing the defense industry in their countries. This paper aims to investigate and identify to which of the four types of industrial clusters described by Markusen, the Danish Defence Space and Security (CenSec) cluster belongs to. Our initial argument is that CenSec has the characteristics of a state-anchor cluster, because in the defense cluster, the role of government is typically decisive due to the nature of the industry. The analysis will also explore the implications of the type of cluster for policymakers and industry stakeholders in terms of promoting innovation, competitiveness, and economic growth in a broader correlation with the European business and institutional ecosystem.

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Section: The Role Of the State In The Triangle: Defense Industry Econ...mentioning

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Using Markunsen’s Typology as a Starting Point to Examine the Case of the Center for Defense Space and Security Cluster: The State-Anchor Type of Cluster

KYRIAZIS,

METAXAS

2023

Theor. Pract. Res. Econom. Fields

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“…It also played into long-standing attempts by the Commission to shrink the issues covered by Article 346 and open the defence market to greater competition. At this point, the financial crisis beginning in 2008 had led to defence-industrial austerity measures, intensified government engagement in arms export promotion and renewed pressures to rationalize European defence industries (Heidenkamp et al, 2013: 82–89; Jackson, 2013: 207–208). Last, but not least, France was the only remaining bottleneck to adopting the CP, but with a large defence industry that would benefit from a liberalized defence market, France was also a proponent of the ICT Directive.…”

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Taking ambiguity seriously: Explaining the indeterminacy of the European Union conventional arms export control regime

Hansen

2015

European Journal of International Relations

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The reduction of ambiguous language is a commonly proposed strategy to remedy non-compliance with international obligations. The European Union conventional arms export control regime is a case in point; here, eliminating ambiguity has stood at the forefront among the strategies that have been proposed to remedy poor implementation. The point of departure of this article, however, is the observation that language-addressing strategies are largely inattentive to the underlying dynamics that caused ambiguity in the first place. Through tracing the formation and evolution of the regime, the article argues that the ambiguity of the export control regime is attributable to a configuration of underlying heterogeneity and resistance that is not conducive to a more precise language. Furthermore, the article argues that in order to explain the adoption, evolution and ambiguity of the regime, we need a theoretical model that moves away from the strong emphasis on norm dynamics prevalent in recent research on arms export control. While norm dynamics and a preference for export restraint have certainly influenced the adoption, evolution and design of the regime, the article highlights how the material interests of export promotion, security and sovereignty feature as more critical variables. This casts new light on the gap between export control commitments and export practice, and provides important clues about the prospects for efficient multilateral arms export control. Pushing the research agenda forward therefore hinges on bringing material interests back into the equation.

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Contract-Boundary-Spanning Governance Initiatives in the International Defense Supply Chain of the F-35 Program

Schryver

Demmink

2021

Nl Arms

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International cooperation in the American-led F-35 program inherently triggers national security concerns. Consequently, the multiple exports in the supply chain are subject to intricate licensing and export controls. Drawing on insights from governance and contract theory we introduce a theoretical lens that highlights some important trade compliance challenges in supply chain networks. In this chapter, contract-boundary-spanning governance mechanisms are defined as increasingly sophisticated hard or soft governance mechanisms in the private law sphere that can be deployed by any public or private stakeholder to govern international supply chains. We find contract-boundary-spanning governance initiatives by state and private stakeholders in the defense supply chain of the F-35 program. At the same time, we argue that while serious efforts have been made by various state actors and legislators to reduce the burden in trade compliance requirements in the F-35 program, the industry is still facing a considerable number of compliance challenges. We argue that more contract-boundary-spanning initiatives by the private parties in defense supply chain network are needed if these challenges are to be successfully overcome.

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III. The State–Defence Industrial Relationship: Government as Sponsor

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Using Markunsen’s Typology as a Starting Point to Examine the Case of the Center for Defense Space and Security Cluster: The State-Anchor Type of Cluster

Using Markunsen’s Typology as a Starting Point to Examine the Case of the Center for Defense Space and Security Cluster: The State-Anchor Type of Cluster

Taking ambiguity seriously: Explaining the indeterminacy of the European Union conventional arms export control regime

Contract-Boundary-Spanning Governance Initiatives in the International Defense Supply Chain of the F-35 Program

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