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Diversification of the defense industry: The state of research

Received: 21 October 2021

Received in revised form: 14 November 2021

Accepted: 3 December 2021

Available online: 17 January 2022

Subject Heading: ECONOMIC SECURITY

JEL Classification: L69

Pages: 4–21

https://doi.org/10.24891/ni.18.1.4

Subject. This article reviews various research works in the field of diversification of defense enterprises, namely their topics, methods, and results.
Objectives. The article aims to systematize the trends of research in the subject area under consideration.
Methods. For the study, I used bibliometric and sampling analyses of relevant publications related to the universe of discourse.
Results. The article identifies areas of research indicating the search for mechanisms for financial and organizational support of diversification, and the observation of current trends in the procurement of weapons and technologies used.
Conclusions. Keyword analysis has limited potential as a domain description tool. Works on industry diversification describe success factors in a rather abstract way. All special issues are looked into in detail in the relevant thematic areas, but the words diversification or industry are not used.

Keywords: defense-industrial sector, diversification, cooperation, market

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