Market Structure and Technical Efficiency of Spanish Defense Contractors

Duch‐Brown, Néstor; Fonfría, Antonio; Trujillo-Baute, Elisa

doi:10.1080/10242694.2013.857461

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“…The literature on the performance of aerospace and defence industry is very narrow mainly because of the lack of relevant data (Duch‐Brown, Fonfría, & Trujillo‐Baute, ). Nonetheless, the methodology to assess the performance of defence firms has to be improved in order to explain additional performance criteria than a single profitability measure (Moura & Oudot, ).…”

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Vicarious warfare and dynamic efficiency of companies in the aerospace and defence industry

Nourani

Ting

2020

Manage Decis Econ

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This study explores the economic performance that vicarious warfare can bring for the aerospace and defence industry. First, this study measures the performance of 22 companies using a nonradial dynamic data envelopment analysis model from 2011 to 2017. Second, this study evaluates whether vicarious warfare can influence the performance. The efficiency analysis suggests rooms for improvements meanwhile, the projection analysis suggests that market value should be significantly increased, and the number of employees should be reduced significantly. The regression analysis suggests that the number of times a country takes a side in wars would positively affect the efficiency of companies.

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Vicarious warfare and dynamic efficiency of companies in the aerospace and defence industry

Nourani

Ting

2020

Manage Decis Econ

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“…The reasons include, on the one hand, the extensive use the notion of national security which limits the usability of usual monitoring mechanisms; on the other hand, the size, complexity and technical specificity of major arms programmes making hiding corruption relatively easy. An empirical study of the Spanish defense industry highlights great heterogeneity in performance and efficiency within a national market [6]. The level of competition and the power relations among buyers and suppliers strongly depend on the specific product and market: corruption risk likely varies across subsectors as well.…”

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“…Fig.1 6. The correlation between closeness centrality of buyers and their corruption risk scores by country.…”

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Networked Corruption Risks in European Defense Procurement

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Fazekas²,

Sánchez³

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Understanding Complex Systems

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In this chapter we study corruption risks in EU defence procurement. Defense procurement has long been thought to present significant potential for corruption and state capture. Using a large dataset of contracts covering nearly ten years and applying an objective corruption risk indicator, we find strong empirical support for this hypothesis. In nearly all countries our corruption risk indicator is higher for military contracts than for contracts in general. By mapping national markets as complex networks, we find that risks are significantly clustered, suggesting potential islands of state capture. The centralization of corruption risk varies from country to country: in some corruption risk is significantly higher in the periphery, while in others it is significantly higher in the center of the market. We argue that network maps of procurement markets are an effective tool to highlight hotspots of corruption risk, especially in the overall high risk context of defense contracting.

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Participation of Civil Society in Security and Defense Foresight Exercises

Vicente‐Oliva

2024

Futures & Foresight Science

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In democratic countries, citizens are informed about economic policies, health systems, and public education, as well as the policy actions addressing these areas. However, the public often only notices security and defense policies when they are lacking. Security and defense foresight exercises are typically seen as the domain of military personnel, technology experts, and politicians, due to their experience with strategic assets and classified information. Although citizens are represented by elected politicians, security and defense issues frequently remain in the political background, overshadowed by more immediate concerns like energy availability and pricing. To increase meaningful citizen participation in security and defense issues, a well‐informed citizenry is essential. This requires knowledge of threats, civil rights, technological developments, and international affairs. The multidisciplinary nature of these topics makes selecting suitable participants for foresight exercises complex. While informed citizens can contribute to discussions on future developments and threats, such as artificial intelligence, fake news, and electoral processes, the question remains: how can citizens participate in security and defense foresight exercises? This study, based on the Spanish case, reveals that experts agree on the need for greater citizen participation in defense and security politics. However, they did not offer specific ideas or suggestions for achieving this. Consequently, a review of participatory foresight instruments was conducted, resulting in a proposed workflow for future exercises and recommendations for practice.

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Market Structure and Technical Efficiency of Spanish Defense Contractors

Cited by 11 publications

References 25 publications

Vicarious warfare and dynamic efficiency of companies in the aerospace and defence industry

Vicarious warfare and dynamic efficiency of companies in the aerospace and defence industry

Networked Corruption Risks in European Defense Procurement

Participation of Civil Society in Security and Defense Foresight Exercises

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