Small arms procurement and corruption in small NATO countries

Kód výsledku v 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>

Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Small arms procurement and corruption in small NATO countries

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Small arms procurement and corruption in small NATO countries

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50602 - Public administration

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA22-25205S" target="_blank" >GA22-25205S: Strukturální překážky a příležitosti kooperace a integrace postkomunistických zemí EU v Evropské obranné spolupráci</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Public Procurement

ISSN

1535-0118

e-ISSN

2150-6930

Svazek periodika

24

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

23

Strana od-do

348-370

Kód UT WoS článku

001263880600001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85197666621