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Innovation and adaptation in public–private partnerships in the military domain under broad-spectrum influencing: Towards a competence-based strategic approach Cover

Innovation and adaptation in public–private partnerships in the military domain under broad-spectrum influencing: Towards a competence-based strategic approach

Open Access
|Dec 2024

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1:

Organisation of innovation activities (Elmquist et al. 2009).66
Organisation of innovation activities (Elmquist et al. 2009).66

Strengths and weaknesses of the Finnish Defence Forces’ R&D&I activities

IssueManifestationStrength/Weakness
  • The undefined role of a private

  • Commitment to certification

  • Centralised administration

  • Fragmentation of R&D&I activities

  • Not defined in project steering, lack of steering for development outside project work

  • Requirement for existing quality certification recorded in Document PAK 06-03, HD 314

  • A Finnish Defence Forces development programme led by Defence Command Finland

  • Activities divided into seven different organisations

  • Total share is <2% of defence expenditure

  • Non-utilisation of international financial instruments

  • Weakness: risk of failure to notice innovations

  • Strength: allocation of limited resources

  • Weakness: the cost of certification for a start-up company

  • Weakness: time required for certification

  • Strength: opportunity for audits

  • Strength: continuous systematic evaluation of processes

  • Weakness: binds the activities to funding periods

  • Strength: helps to systematically consolidate limited resources

  • Weakness: complicates communication between different actors

  • Weakness: fragments financial resources

  • Increases the number of impact points for broadspectrum influencing

  • Strength: units focus on their own area of expertise

  • Weakness: limits research and development work

  • Weakness: forces consolidation of resources and prioritisation of projects

  • Strength: forces consolidation of resources and prioritisation of projects

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jms-2024-0007 | Journal eISSN: 1799-3350 | Journal ISSN: 2242-3524
Language: English
Page range: 78 - 101
Submitted on: Dec 1, 2023
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Accepted on: Oct 9, 2024
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Published on: Dec 17, 2024
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2024 Markus Häyhtiö, Amanda Eklund, Marko Palokangas, published by National Defense University
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