This paper describes the interest for financial control within the Ministry of Defense and the operational commands during the final years of the previous century and the first few of the present one. It specifically considers the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee from a Services perspective. Also the relation …

Asymmetric warfare is hot, because all bigger conflicts fought in the world today are more or less asymmetric. According to Bart Tromp, late professor in the theory en history of international affairs, the war fought between the United States and the Iraqi Army in the last decade of the previous century …

The Dutch Government wishes to participate in peace enforcing missions and stabilizing missions. From the early 1990s onwards, the armed forces have taken part in several of such missions,examples of which are the execution of peace enforcing operations in the Gulf area and peacekeeping missions in former …

The Dutch Minister of Defense, Eimert van Middelkoop, aims to maintain investments at a high level. But, how much should be invested in the Armed Forces? And how should the available money be allocated? The Dutch armed forces operate under difficult and ever-changing circumstances. Therefore, making …

This paper investigates how top management can use management decentralization to influence motivation of employees within the Royal Netherlands Air Force. The different types of decentralization under investigation relate to the degree of concentration of power and the segregation of duties, instruments …

Because armed forces are financed by taxpayers money, it is necessary that they are operating in an effective and efficient way. To achieve this, good training is vital. New missions of the Dutch armed forces, for instance in Afghanistan, show that the operational preparedness for tasks is vital. As …

This article addresses the concept of Private Financing (PF). First, the way in which PF has been successfully applied in the United Kingdom is described. Second, the core of PF is discussed. Third, the method itself is elaborated upon together with the economic principles and hypotheses in an attempt …

Following the footsteps of the United States, the United Kingdom and many European countries, the Netherlands government is implementing Public Finance Constructions (PFC) as a means of financing and realizing public infrastructures. Being preceded by the Ministry of Traffic, Public Works and Water Management, …

This contribution discusses an empirical investigation into the management control system (MCS) of the Defense Telematics Organization (DTO), by means of a model originating from the profit sector (Van der Meer-Kooistra and Vosselman, 2000). The model describes how contractual relations can be brought …

By means of the economic analysis of strategic behavior it is attempted to elucidate the decision making on peace support operations of the armed forces. The analysis reveals that the choice between peace keeping based on the supposed agreement of the parties involved in the conflict - and peace enforcing …