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Московский журнал международного права, 2013 States hire private military and security companies for in armed conflict and occupation to fulfill some function that used to be a core military.
K. P. Savryga
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Supervision Without Vision: Risk Governance and PMSCs
Utrecht Law Review, 2012 In the past two decades, private military and security companies (PMSCs) have become important actors in the international sphere, in armed conflict as well as in law enforcement.
Lucas Roorda
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Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Research Summary Using detailed plant‐ and individual‐level data from a major Japanese cotton spinning company in the early 20th century, we examine the within‐firm allocation of skilled human capital in conjunction with investment in physical capital, accompanying the firm's evolving strategic priorities.
Shotaro Yamaguchi +3 more
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The United States, PMSCs and the state monopoly on violence: Leading the way towards norm change [PDF]
, 2013 This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below. Copyright @ 2013 Sage.The proliferation of private military and security companies (PMSCs) in Iraq and Afghanistan has raised many questions regarding
Elke Krahmann, Krahmann, E
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Public International Law and Human Rights Violations by Private Military and Security Companies / [PDF]
, 2017 This book explores the human rights consequences of the new mercenarism, as channeled through so-called private military and security companies (PMSCs), and offers an overview of the evolution and status quo of both non-legal (soft law and self ...
Torroja Mateu, Helena, +1 more
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Law and Safety, 2019 The author of the article has studied the reasons for introducing a control mechanism over the activities of private security companies, which play an increasingly important role in the security sector worldwide.
M. V. Zavalnyi
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Вісник Харківського національного університету імені В. Н. Каразіна: Серія "Питання політології", 2021 The prerequisites for the emergence of private military companies and private security companies, the features of their functioning in the context of the demonopolization of state violence are considered.
Oleg Gaiko
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Private Military and Security Companies
Russia in Global Affairs, 2019 When state armed forces are deployed in the context of armed conflict situations or crisis management operations it has become fairly common that they are accompanied and supported by employees of private business entities, often referred to as Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs).
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Historia.scribere, 2021 Les Affreux en Irak. The partial privatisation of professional bloodshed in modern warfare exemplified by the Iraq War After the launch of "Operation Iraqi Freedom", the United States of America were engaged in war for the next eight years, in which ...
Ferdinand Kleyhons
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen +5 more
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