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CR9781009189644 |
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UkCbUP |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20240906181744.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
| International Standard Book Number |
9781009189644 (ebook) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
| Canceled/invalid ISBN |
9781009189651 (paperback) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
| Original cataloging agency |
UkCbUP |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
UkCbUP |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
| Classification number |
UC260 |
| Item number |
.S65 2022 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
| Classification number |
355.6212 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
| Personal name |
Smith, Ron, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1946 September 2- |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
| Title |
Defence acquisition and procurement : |
| Remainder of title |
how (not) to buy weapons / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Ron P. Smith. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
Cambridge : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Cambridge University Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2022. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
| Extent |
1 online resource (74 pages) : |
| Other physical details |
digital, PDF file(s). |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
| Content type term |
text |
| Content type code |
txt |
| Source |
rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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computer |
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c |
| Source |
rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
| Carrier type term |
online resource |
| Carrier type code |
cr |
| Source |
rdacarrier |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT |
| Series statement |
Cambridge elements. Elements in defence economics, |
| International Standard Serial Number |
2632-332X |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
| General note |
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Jun 2022). |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
| Summary, etc. |
The acquisition and procurement of major weapons systems is fraught with difficulties. They tend to be delivered late, over budget and unable to meet requirements. This Element provides an economic analysis of why this happens. Market structure, demand by the military and supply by the arms firms, shapes the conduct of the agents and generates the poor performance observed. The military are trying to counter an evolving threat, subject to a budget constraint, high R&D costs and new technologies. The interaction between a government made up of warring tribes and arms firms with considerable market and political power is further complicated by a set of what economists call 'principal-agent' problems, which are examined. While the poor performance has prompted many countries to propose reforms, the difficulty of the task and the institutional incentives faced by the actors mean that the reforms rarely solve the problem. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Armed Forces |
| General subdivision |
Procurement. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Defense industries |
| General subdivision |
Economic aspects. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY |
| Relationship information |
Print version: |
| International Standard Book Number |
9781009189651 |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE |
| Uniform title |
Cambridge elements. |
| Name of part/section of a work |
Elements in defence economics , |
| International Standard Serial Number |
2632-332X. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009189644">https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009189644</a> |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type |
eBooks |