ABSTRACT
Contracting global demand for armaments coupled with downward pressure on defense budgets has precipitated a deep crisis in defense industries around the world. For the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), these devastating blows have been dealt in combination with the shift from a command toward a market-driven economy and in many cases, the withdrawal of state support for the industry. This chapter explores restructuring and conversion within Poland’s defense industry in the 1990s.
