%0 Journal Article %T Technology and the defense industry: real threats, bad habits, or new (market) opportunities? %+ Département Sciences Humaines et Sociales ENSTA Bretagne (ENSTA Bretagne_SHS) %A Bellais, Renaud %< avec comité de lecture %@ 2032-5355 %J Journal of Innovation Economics & Management %I De Boeck Supérieur %V 2013/02 %N 12 %P 59-78 %8 2013-09-02 %D 2013 %K Defense %K R&D %K technology %K security %K procurement %Z Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and FinanceJournal articles %X Technology has been playing a central role in defense spending or arms-producing countries since World War II. Although there has been no major threat or conflict since the 1990s, defense R&D absorbs a large share of military expenditures, as well as public R&D. This technology-centric paradigm results from uncertainties surrounding defense matters and the need to avoid strategic surprises. However, one can wonder whether such a paradigm is still adapted to today's defense needs. This is a trend strongly driven by the supply side: defense firms have developed a business model that cannot survive without launching new programs, hence a high level of defense R&D. This explains both an overinvestment in technology, resulting in the development of unaffordable technologies or unsustainable performance targets, and the technology-centric model that defense firms favor in side markets like security. %G English %2 https://hal.science/hal-00947395/document %2 https://hal.science/hal-00947395/file/Renaud_Bellais_Journal_of_Innovation_Economics_February_2013_proofread_.pdf %L hal-00947395 %U https://hal.science/hal-00947395 %~ SHS %~ ENSTA-BRETAGNE %~ AO-ECONOMIE %~ ENSTA-BRETAGNE-SHS