Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/144614 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
Texto para Discussão No. 2178
Publisher: 
Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), Brasília
Abstract (Translated): 
Amid the current context of reorganization of the Brazilian defense industry, an important question to be tackled is foreign ownership in this sector. That is, the risk that products, systems and technologies before developed internally are reversed for overseas acquisition, leading to reduced effectiveness of public policies on national defense. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the issue of foreign ownership of the defense industry in the current debate on national defense in Brazil. We shall emphasize the importance of the scientific and technological component to the success of the defense industry development, as well as the main risks arising from the reduction in national production capacity in this sector. We shall also consider what lessons could be learned from international experience in order to tackle these challenges.
Subjects: 
foreign ownership
defense industry
science
technology and innovation
national defense and sovereignty
JEL: 
F52
L64
O38
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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