Man­age­ment Re­search in Time of Heightened De­fense and Se­cur­ity

As countries increase their military budgets, more money will be available for defense-related research – including, for instance, making organizations more resilient, investigating what type of innovation is most readily adaptable to crisis situations, or how to de-risk global value chains. Individual researchers will need to decide whether they want to support their university’s national innovation programs or retreat to smaller and smaller non-defense-related research budgets. These ethical decisions affect professional career paths and may derail the neutrality of academic research for many years to come. LINK