@article{827712,
      recid = {827712},
      author = {Eliasson, Gunnar,},
      title = {Visible costs and invisible benefits : military  procurement as innovation policy /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xlvii, 461 pages) :},
      abstract = {"This book examines the historic role of professional and  demanding military customers in industrial development.  Particular emphasis is paid to public procurement of  military equipment as a catalyst for innovation; and the  civilian commercialization of military technologies (from  gunpowder and cannons to submarines, missiles and aircraft)  is documented by many case illustrations that show how  macro-level productivity advance has been generated. A  complementary volume to Advancing Public Procurement as  Industrial Policy (2010), which focused on the spillover  effects of the Swedish combat aircraft, Gripen, in this  book Gunnar Eliasson widens the perspective to cover  product development across the Swedish defense industry,  with an emphasis on regional economic development and  macro-economics, inter alia through the involvement of Saab  (aircraft) and Kockums (submarines) in partnership ventures  in Australia, Norway and Brazil. The volume is organized  into four parts. Part one examines the historical  transformation of the Swedish economy over the past three  centuries from agriculture and raw materials to an advanced  industrial economy. Part two presents detailed case studies  to illustrate the spillover effects of procurement projects  and military-industrial partnerships. Part three explains  the spillover phenomenon theoretically within a dynamic  micro- to macro-economic perspective. Particular emphasis  is placed on the empirical credibility of model-based  economy-wide and dynamic cost-benefit calculations. The  book concludes with a section on fostering industrial  development through public procurement"--Back cover.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/827712},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66993-9},
}