Small arms procurement and corruption in small NATO countries
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F24%3A00139478" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/24:00139478 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JOPP-04-2024-0045/full/html" target="_blank" >https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JOPP-04-2024-0045/full/html</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JOPP-04-2024-0045" target="_blank" >10.1108/JOPP-04-2024-0045</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Small arms procurement and corruption in small NATO countries
Original language description
Purpose – The study aims to assess military procurement strategy in NATO countries labelled as emerging markets (Czechia, Slovakia and Lithuania) and capitalist Norway, which vary in national culture as indicated by the Hofstede Culture Compass. Design/methodology/approach – This comparative case study analyses the procurement of a simple, mass-produced, off-the-shelf military product (FN Herstal MINIMI gun) in four small but very economically free countries from 2008 to 2023. The study answers the research question of how the unit price of MINIMI guns varies across post-communist and historical NATO countries distinguished by the variables operationalising national culture. Findings – The general disability of the government to control corruption deviates the strategy of military procurement in post-communist defence institutions from an effective strategy of liberal capitalism, minimising the unit price and risks (Norway), to an odd strategy maximising the unit price and risks by preferring middlemen as agent of hidden agenda (Czechia). Research limitations/implications – Some defence institutions in post-communist countries may be burdened by legislature capture, and detailed research is needed to determine this. Practical implications – The authors argue that national culture may contribute to significant goal displacement in the procurement strategy adopted by the government in an economically liberal state. Social implications – Without perfecting the control of corruption in post-communist defence institutions, the NATO burden-sharing debate on 2% of GDP will remain controversial. Originality/value – With variables characterising national culture and the government’s ability to control corruption, the study elucidates a slow pace of convergence of post-communist countries to NATOs values and procedures.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50602 - Public administration
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA22-25205S" target="_blank" >GA22-25205S: Structural obstacles and opportunities for the cooperation and integration of post-communist EU member countries in European defense cooperation</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Public Procurement
ISSN
1535-0118
e-ISSN
2150-6930
Volume of the periodical
24
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
23
Pages from-to
348-370
UT code for WoS article
001263880600001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85197666621