The transition from defense contractor to commercial company: The Huntsville, Alabama case

Schoening, Niles C.; Spann, Mary S.

doi:10.1007/bf02509154

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“…The authors postulated a familiar list of obstacles to conversion, including government overhead, specialized equipment and labor, a production system that deemphasizes cost efficiency, a lobbying instead of marketing function, and a lack of commercial experience. Schoening and Spann (1997) conducted a survey in 1994 of Huntsville, Alabama firms that had business with the DoD between 1990 and 1994. The 99 valid responses (from a sample of 166) included 14 8A vendors (qualified minority owned), 35 large vendors, and 50 small businesses.…”

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“…While Schoening and Spann (1997) were careful to avoid making causal judgments, the researchers did compare growing firms against firms that are stagnant or in decline and provide correlations with survey responses. Growing Huntsville firms were those scoring higher on redefining their missions and markets, reducing dependency on DoD, and locating new commercial customers.…”

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Contending With Defense Industry Reallocations: A Literature Review of Relevant Factors

Zullo

Liu

2017

Economic Development Quarterly

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The authors review research on the destabilizing effects of defense department reallocations at the firm and community levels, with the intent to inform current intervention policy for assisting firms and regions dependent on defense spending and to lay the groundwork for evaluative research. The existing literature provides at least 10 firm-level and 7 community-level factors affecting economic stabilization following a loss in defense industry dollars. The 10 microlevel factors are product specialization, product technology, industry condition, new market target, civilian market experience, firm size, location and status in the network, workforce skills, operational assets, and personnel policy. The seven meso level factors are economic integration, urbanization, economic diversity, health of local economy, local demand for workforce skill, capital asset utilization, and land use policy.

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Section: Survey Evidencementioning

confidence: 99%