Digitalization Transformation and Defense Spending: A Punctuated Equilibrium Analysis of Institutional Change

• In Event: Budgeting and Procurement

Brief Overview

This study examines how digitalization disrupts traditional defense budgeting and institutions using punctuated equilibrium theory to analyze how technologies like AI and cyber systems drive sudden shifts in defense priorities.

Authors

• Daniel Laate, Auburn University

• Xiaoyu Qin, Auburn University

• Moonmoon Khanam, Auburn University