Defense Firms Adapting to Major Changes in the French R&D Funding System |
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Authors: | Jean Belin Nathalie Lazaric Valérie Mérindol |
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Institution: | 1. IHEDN – Military School, Université de Bordeaux, Gretha (UMR CNR 5113) and Chair of Defense Economics, Paris, France;2. Université C?te d’Azur, CNRS, GREDEG, Nice, France;3. Paris School of Business, PSB, newPIC Chair, Paris, France |
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Abstract: | The structural changes inside the French innovation system have impacted the role of defense firms since the late 1980s. Major changes have affected the defense budget and public R&D funding system in particular. The aim of this article is to understand French defense firms’ repositioning within the National Innovation System (NIS) based on an analysis of their R&D behavior over a long period of time (1987–2010). We show that French defense firms remain major players in the NIS and faced up to these major changes by adapting the funding of their R&D and their research priorities and rolling out new innovation capabilities. Additionally, they developed new innovation models to take advantage of new collaborative partnerships developed for civil and military markets. |
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Keywords: | Defense firms system of innovation R& D |
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