Comparing Defense Industry Reforms in China and India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6040449 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard A Bitzinger (Ministry of Defence, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 531-553 |
| Publication date | 2015-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Politics & Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1943-0787 • E-ISSN: 1943-0779 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/aspp.12221 |
| OpenAlex | W2281724942 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 7 |
Most aspiring great powers equate great power status with self‐sufficiency, armaments production. China and India have both invested considerable resources over the past 60 years in establishing and nurturing indigenous military‐industrial complexes (MICs). By the early 1990s, however, it was apparent that both countries’ MICs were inadequate in delivering indigenously developed advanced conventional weaponry to their national militaries, due to technological inferiority and bloated, inefficient state‐owned enterprise systems. Subsequently, both countries have undertaken efforts to reform their respective MICs, by injecting competition and other market‐oriented changes, and by expanding their acquisition of cutting‐edge military (and military‐relevant civilian) technologies. China has made much more progress in reforming and modernizing its MIC, and the results can be seen in the types of vastly improved Chinese weapons systems coming off domestic assembly lines. India's MIC, meanwhile, seems to be still mired in Nehruvian socialist and protectionist past
Business · China · Competition (biology · Development economics · Economics · Indigenous · International trade · Political science · Protectionism · State (computer science · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Indian Economic and Social Development · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |