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Raymond E. Franck
Senior Lecturer
Mail Code: GB/Fr
Graduate School of Business and Public Policy &
Department of Systems Engineering
Monterey, CA 93943
Phone: 831-656-3614
Email: refranck (at) nps.edu
Web: www.nps.navy.mil/gsbpp
EDUCATION:
PhD - Harvard University, 1983
Economics
MS - Harvard University, 1969
Economics
BS - USAF Academy, CO, 1967
International Affairs
NPS EXPERIENCE:
  • July 2002 to September 2004: Interim Chair, Department of Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
  • December 2007 - present: Associate Dean for Academic Operations, GSBPP
  • October 2000 – present: Senior Lecturer
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
  • 1995 – 1996: Associate Dean, Joint Military Intelligence College
  • 1989 – 2000: Permanent Professor and Head, Department of Economics and Geography, USAF Academy
  • 1976 – 1980: Assistant Professor of Economics, Geography and Management, USAF, Department of Economics
  • 1967 - 2000: US Air Force, BGen USAF, Ret
TEACHING INTERESTS:
  • Defense Economics
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
  • Economics of Defense
  • National Security Strategy
  • Military Innovation
  • Defense Industrial Affairs
AWARDS:
  • DoN Meritorious Civilian Service
BOARDS/MEMBERSHIPS:
  • 2008 – 2010: Faculty Instruction Committee
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: (View an extended list)
  • Franck, R. “An Economic View of Security and Reconstruction,” in The Three Circles of War, 2009.
  • Franck, R., & Melese, F. “Defense Acquisition: New Insights from Transaction Cost Economics,” Defense & Security Analysis, Vol 24, no 2, June 2008, pp. 107-128.
  • Franck, R., Angelis, D., Dillard, J., & Melese, F. “Applying Insights from Transaction Cost Economics to Improve Cost Estimates for Public Sector Purchases: The Case of U.S. Military Acquisitions,” International Public Management Journal, Vol. 10, no. 4, December 2007.
  • Franck, R., & Pierce, T.“Disruptive Military Innovation and the War on Terror,” Defense & Security Analysis, Vol 22, no 2, June 2006, pp. 123-140.
  • Franck, R., & Melese, F. “Exploring the Structure of Terrorists’ WMD Decisions: A Game Theory Approach”, Defense & Security Analysis, Vol 20, no. 4, December 2004, 355-372.
KEYWORDS/TECHNOLOGIES:
  • Keywords: Defense Economics, National Security Strategy, Military Innovation, Defense Industrial Affairs



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