La viabilidad del coste del ciclo de vida para la evaluación económica de inversiones militares
Open Access
- 1 July 2016
- journal article
- Published by Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Murcia in Revista de Contabilidad
- Vol. 19 (2), 169-180
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsar.2015.06.001
Abstract
ResumenAlgunos trabajos previos y los pronunciamientos de organismos internacionales (OTAN, GAO) han considerado el coste del ciclo de vida (LCC) como la metodología de selección de inversiones más avanzada para contribuir a la eficiencia del gasto militar, lo que representa una especial oportunidad para los investigadores considerando la obligada austeridad y las restricciones presupuestarias de los gobiernos. En cualquier país, la viabilidad del LCC exige el previo cumplimiento de los requisitos establecidos por tales organismos para la aplicación de este modelo. El objetivo del presente trabajo reside en identificar las mejoras necesarias para posibilitar la implantación del LCC en los sistemas de evaluación económica de las Fuerzas Armadas de España. A tal fin, hemos estudiado la adecuación de los actuales sistemas españoles a los requerimientos del LCC, realizando, además, un análisis comparativo con los sistemas de países europeos y norteamericanos, lo que nos ha permitido identificar reformas de adaptación dirigidas a alcanzar la factibilidad de este modelo en el Ministerio de Defensa español, sobre la base de las debilidades y fortalezas detectadas en nuestra investigación empírica.AbstractPrevious studies and the pronouncements by international organisations (NATO, GAO) have considered the Life Cycle Costing (LCC) as the most advanced methodology for the economic assesment of the efficiency of military spending. This provided a good opportunity for researchers considering the forced austerity and budget constraints of governments. In any country, the viability of LCC requires prior compliance with the requirements issued by such organisations for the implementation of this model. The aim of this paper is to identify the improvements required to enable the implementation of LCC in economic evaluation systems of the Armed Forces of Spain. A study was performed on the adequacy of current Spanish economic systems to the requirements of LCC, as well as conducting a comparative analysis with the systems of European and American countries. This enabled reforms to be identified in order to achieve the feasibility of this model in the Spanish Ministry of Defense, based on the strengths and weaknesses detected in our empirical researchKeywords
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