Defense Related SME’s : Analysis and Description of Current Conditions.
Title:
Defense Related SME’s : Analysis and Description of Current Conditions.
Author:
Carvalho, F.D.
ISBN:
9781601294173
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (228 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title page -- Preface -- Introduction, Conclusions and Recommendations -- Participants -- Contents -- Technology-Based Economic Development -- Strategy of Small Defence Oriented Enterprises in a Time of Defence Budget Downsizing - Croatian Case Study -- Small and Medium Enterprises in Central and Eastern Europe: From Absence to Emerging Dynamics -- The Effect of Military Downsizing on SME's in the Republic of Belarus -- Emerging Role of SME's in Russian R&D Conversion -- System of State and Government Support of SME's in Russia -- The Power of Partnership -- Support to Small and Medium Business and Development of Innovation in Lithuania -- Utilisation of Left-Over Military Sites in Hungary -- The Threats and Opportunities of the Changing Supply Chain in the Aeronautics Sector -- The Relationship Between SME's and Prime Contractors -- Dual Technologies - Basis of Innovation Development of the DIC Enterprises of Russia -- Cooperation Among NATO and Partner SME's in Concept Experimentation and Advanced Technology Demonstrations -- The New World of Defence-Dependent SME's -- The "Economic Missionaries" - A Possible Solution for Global Integration of SME's from Central and Eastern Europe -- Offsets as an Alternative Tool to Support Innovation and Institutional Development in the SME's -- From Downsizing to Modernising Defence in C&E Europe: Opportunities for SME's -- Defence-Related SME's: Analysis and Description of Current Conditions - The Challenge of Re-Adjustment in the 21st Century -- From the Soviet Research System to European and International Research Cooperation: Estonian Case -- Description of Military Downsizing in Slovakia and Development of New Mechanisms of Cooperation Between NATO and Partner SME's -- The Third Power -- The Survival Power of SME's in an SMC: The Turkish Case.
Issues and Opportunities Facing SME's in Partner Nations Today -- New and Existing SME's Need to Cope with Emerging Civilian Markets -- Marketing of Dual Use Technologies and Problems of Distribution of Rights in Intellectual Property in the Defence-Industrial Complex of Russia -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Author Index.
Abstract:
Today, there are big changes and differences between countries in matters of national defence. Gone are the huge engines of military industrial might, and struggling in their wake are networks upon networks of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME's), groping with the harsh reality of survival in this new world. For the first time, many if not most of them, are being forced to deal with new issues such as product development, marketing to a civilian world, private-sector financing and adopting competitive business practices and generally living outside the shadow of the defence business. Crucial at this juncture is to provide forms of assistance to guide them over new ground. Most observers agree that most businesses are small or medium in size, in the sense that they are not large corporations. These businesses are the lynchpin of stable economic conditions and ultimately provide essential products and services to users. The failure of SME's to convert successfully to civilian markets would cause a devastating blow to national economies. Accordingly, the need and importance of dealing with these defence conversion issues cannot be overstated.This book presents a collection of papers on the topic of defence-related small and medium enterprises and their challenge of readjustment in the 21st century.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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