Defense Conversion Strategies

A North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Advanced Studies Institute (AS I) on Defense Conversion Strategies was held at the Atholl Palace Hotel, Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland, from July 2 through July 14, 1995. This publication is the proceedings of the Institute. The NATO Advanced Studies Institute program of the NATO Science Committee is a unique and valuable forum under whose auspices over one thousand international tutorial meetings have been held since the inception of the program in 1959. The ASI is intended to be primarily a high-level teaching activity at which a carefully defined subject is presented in a systematic and coherently structured program. The subject is treated in considerable depth by lecturers eminent in their fields and of international standing. The subject is presented to other experts or practitioners who will already have specialized in the field or possess an advanced general background appropriate to the topic. The ASI is aimed at an audience at the post-doctoral level. This does not exclude advanced graduate students or other senior participants with qualifications and achievements in the subject of the ASI or rclated areas. This ASI was prompted by several events in the defense environment.

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I: Introduction to Defense Conversion. Fundamentals of International Technology Transfer; F.P. Gerity. Developments in the Defense Conversion Context; P. Gummett. Defense Conversion at Boeing; E.B. Stear. II: Conversion and the World Economy. Policy Drivers and Issues in Europe; P. Healey. Economics of Disarmament and Conversion; K. Hartley. Models of Conversion; P.M. Southwood. III: The World Market and Defense Technologies. Conversion in the Perm Region of Russia: Empirical Studies; T. Cronberg. Military Technology and its Linkage to the Civilian Economy; P. Lock. Conversion in Hungary; E. Pungor, L. Jerzsabek. IV: Politics, Policies, and Programs. The Civilization of Military-Industrial Complex in Post-Cold War World OR: Military-Industrial Complex as the Socialist Institution; I. Grazin. Conversion and Control of Technological Capabilities in the Missile Field: The `Dual-Use Paradox'; J. Molas-Gallart. The Global Economy and International Stability: Beating Old Words Into New; G.R. Copley. The Economies of Defense Conversion; K. Robertson. The European Arms Industry: Between Downsizing, Internationalization and Integration; P. De Vestel. V: Investment Banking and Intellectual Property. Banking and Defense Conversion; P. Willington. Venture Capital and Defense Conversion; D.M. Syrrist. Intellectual Property Aspects of Defense Conversion; R.F. Dundervill Jr. VI: Success or Failure. Measurement and Evaluation of Technology Transfer from U.S. Dual-Use and Technology Programs; J. Carpenter, R.K. Carr. Total Quality Management and Systematic Innovation in Defense Conversion; R. King. VII: Defense Conversion: The CP Nations. Converting Defense R&D in Russia: Problems and Promises; V. Bystritskii. Conversion at a Russian Shipyard in Estonia; J.A. Stein. Social and Economic Aspects of Military Conversion in the Urals; G.A. Mesyats, O.A. Romanova. The Concepts of Russian Aerospace Research Center Conversion; G.I. Zagainov. VIII: Defense Conversion: The European Nations. Conversion of Defense Electronics Industry; A. Larcher. Civil-Defense Strategies in the UK; A. Mears. Conversion Experiences and Policies in Italy; G. Perani. Crisis and Conversion in the French Arms Industry: National and Regional Aspects; R. DePenaros. IX: Defense Conversion: The United States. Westinghouse Defense Conversion Projects; J.H. Yang. U.S. DOD Technology Transfer Policy and Mechanisms; L.A. Davis. Appendices. Index.