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DEFENCE AND PEACE ECONOMICS
Volume 25, Issue 6, Pages 549-575Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2013.857451
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Defence industry; Liberalization; Export; R&D and innovation
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The paper presents an analysis of the factors explaining the export performance of firms in the defence sector. We focus on the case of Norway, and make use of two complementary methodologies: the first is based on econometric firm-level data analysis for the whole population of defence companies, and the second is based on qualitative case study research on the three most important defence export products (weapon stations, ammunition and electronics). Our empirical results highlight the importance of four major success factors for exporting firms: (1) the participation in offset agreements; (2) the ability to focus on their set of core competencies; (3) their R&D activities and interactions with the public S&T system; and (4) demand opportunities and, relatedly, user-producer interactions.
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