Managing strategic investment under security uncertainty: institutional and economic determinants of defense spending patterns
Gedik, Melis (A.A. 2024/2025) Managing strategic investment under security uncertainty: institutional and economic determinants of defense spending patterns. Tesi di Laurea in Business and management, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Manfredi Valeriani, pp. 133. [Master's Degree Thesis]
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Literature review: strategic uncertainty, investment management and defense spending. Introduction: global order, power politics and strategic uncertainty. The political economy of military spending: classical determinants. Strategic uncertainty & geopolitics: risks and opportunities. The security dilemma and reactive defense investment. Volatility and stability of defense investment: procurement, R&D and budget composition. The role of institutions, economic capacity and threat perceptions. Theoretical framework: defense investment under strategic uncertainty. Defense spending as a managed investment process. Strategic uncertainty as a structural context. Threat exposure, conflict dynamics and alliance commitments. Institutional capacity and defense budget governance. Economic capacity, fiscal constraints and intertemporal trade-offs. Defense industrial capacity and investment feasibility. Research design and data. Dependent variables: multidimensional defense outcomes. Core independent variables. Variable construction and operationalization. Empirical analysis. Baseline models across defense dimensions. Alliance commitments and structured investment. Threat exposure and reactive spending.
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Bibliografia: pp. 125-133.
| Thesis Type: | Master's Degree Thesis |
|---|---|
| Institution: | Luiss Guido Carli |
| Degree Program: | Master's Degree Programs > Master's Degree program in Global Management and Politics, English language (LM-77) |
| Chair: | Business and management |
| Thesis Supervisor: | Valeriani, Manfredi |
| Thesis Co-Supervisor: | Galietti, Francesco |
| Academic Year: | 2024/2025 |
| Session: | Extraordinary |
| Deposited by: | Alessandro Perfetti |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jun 2026 07:55 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2026 07:55 |
| URI: | https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/46244 |
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