Defence Industry Conversion Research Articles

Можливі форми підприємств з переробки промислових відходів і джерела фінансування їх створення та функціонування

In accordance with information from the database of the World Bank, Ukraine is within the top ten countries with annual per capita waste production, and as National Statistical Department states there is not only yearly growth of such production but waste accumulation. Business models “actual standard” or of “separating type” would be the most acceptable ones for the sphere of waste utilization as well as the internet platform which main purpose is to join and competently use the potential of internet and real business. It would be expedient to form an electron exchange of secondary raw materials. The most reasonable forms of organization for waste recycling could be joint ventures of owners, processors and consumers of goods made of waste, or industrial clusters including geographically localized enterprises producing waste, plants for their processing or utilization, and transport companies specialized in waste conveyance. Besides, outsourcing companies could be feasible or even optimal solution for the waste transportation. Venture financing plays the important role in financing of waste processing enterprises’ establishment and functioning as it is mostly adapted for investment support associated with the great risks variety. It is grounded that to establish enterprises for waste processing one would need the most risky form of investments thus incorporating both prestart and properly start financing. It is rather recently that venture industry commenced developing in Ukraine, and first of all to support international financial institutions. However pursuant to agreements between Ukrainian Government and foreign administrations the majority of foreign investments in venture form were designed for conversion of defense industry while funds provision from Ukrainian sources for venture investments is utterly limited. In this connection the one more financing source for establishing waste processing enterprises could be crowdinvesting that is able to enter into competition with traditional forms of funds mobilization. The existing world experience testifies to the effect that the crowd-investing principle implementation could be not only the source but capable of quick and fundamental change of awareness among population just due to the opportunity of getting a certain financial profit from their investments. Establishment of enterprises for industrial waste processing, first of all for those of coal mining and metallurgical industry, would improve environmental situation if Donbas and other old industrial regions.

Defence industry conversion in China: Problems and prospects

Defence industry conversion in China: Problems and prospects

Defence industry conversion in China

Defence industry conversion in China

The role of the state in French defence industry conversion

The French arms production system is characterised by the important role of the State in its functioning. To analyse this role in the current defence industry conversion process it is first necessary to review the extent and modes of the ascendancy of the state in this sector of activities. This will make it easier to understand how the state plays the role of industrial regulator for the system, and how, within its own industrial establishments, via a “creeping” conversion process, it encourages market and production diversification and greater autonomy for subcontractors. It is only within this perspective that aid mechanisms for the conversion of sites and staff make sense. These are the points covered successively in this article.

Lost illusions? Defence industry conversion in Czechoslovakia, 1989–92

Lost illusions? Defence industry conversion in Czechoslovakia, 1989–92

Defence industry conversion: The regional aspect

Defence industry conversion: The regional aspect

The Struggle for the Soviet Far East: Political, Military, and Economic Trends Under Gorbachev

Abstract : In 1991, separatist forces seeking independence have become active across the USSR. In one of the most important regions, the Soviet Far East, such a trend is visible, although it has received scant attention compared to movements in the Baltic states, Moldavia, and other areas. The struggle for change in the Soviet Far East pits the conservative forces, consisting of mid- level Community Party personnel, senior military, and some members of defense industrial and intelligence community, against virtually everyone else. The encroachments that this powerful coalition hopes to block include opening Vladivostok, creation of free economic zones (FEZs) with the participation of foreigners, conversion of defense industry, and emergence on non-communist political figures and ideas (including a plan to create an independent Far Eastern Republic). This paper examines recent trends in the region-political, military, and economic--and looks ahead to possible outcomes.