Defence Procurement and Industry Policy: A small country perspective
About this ebook
Part I provides a general framework for analysing smaller country defence procurement, focusing on the formation of national defence capabilities. The framework is then used to analyse issues around the development of procurement demand, the characteristics of defence industry supply, contracts and relationships between buyers and sellers, and government policy for defence procurement and industry development. Part II focuses on defence procurement in seven smaller industrial nations with widely varying historical and political settings (Australia, Canada, Israel, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and The Netherlands). Part III consists of two Australian case studies of the procurement issues raised in, respectively, the naval shipbuilding industry and in a major, complex defence project.
The book addresses the needs of public and private sector managers, military planners, procurement specialists, industry policy-makers, and defence procurement and industry educators. It presents general principles in an accessible manner and points to real-world experience to illustrate the principles at work. Therefore it will be of interest to scholars and practitioners in defence economics, strategic procurement, public sector procurement, and defence industry policy.
About the author
Stefan Markowski is an Associate Professor of the University of New South Wales in the School of Business at The Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Australia. Peter Hall is an Emeritus Professor at the University of New South Wales at The Australian Defence Force Academy. Robert Wylie is a Lecturer in the School of Business at the University of New South Wales at The Australian Defence Force Academy.
