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Seeking Nontraditional Approaches to Collaborating and Partnering with Industry
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95The US Army has a growing need to collaborate and partner with industry. This text describes three non-traditional approaches to that goal: forming real-estate, public-private partnerships; using Army venture capital mechanisms; and spinning of Army activities into federal government corporations. more...
Lessons from the North
RAND Corporation 2004; US$ 9.95Provides an assessment of the applicability of lessons learned from the privatization of Canada's ammunition manufacturing to the US ammunition industrial base. While not an exact analog of the privatization possibilities open to the US Department of Defense, it offers insights about the factors of a successful privatization. more...
Rethinking Governance of the Army's Arsenals and Ammunition Plants
RAND Corporation 2003; US$ 9.95With its large industrial base of ammunition plants and arsenals, the Army has more ordnance manufacturing capacity than it needs. This study proposes a strategic vision for this capacity and explores options for managing it, including privatization and creation of a federal government corporation. more...
Estimating the Cost of Administering the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program
RAND Corporation 2008; US$ 9.95Congress is in the process of reauthorizing the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which expires in 2008. One issue being considered in the reauthorization is whether to allow partial use of SBIR set-asides for SBIR program administration costs and, if so, at what levels. Currently, the use of SBIR funds to administer the SBIR program... more...
Options for Managing the Army's Arsenals and Ammunition Plants
RAND Corporation 2003; US$ 9.95US Army facilities provide a significant part of its ordance material and ammunition. This briefing looks at four options for their future: privatization, creating a Federal Government Corporation, consolidation and recapitalization. more...
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