TY - THES ID - 138164979 TI - Performance-based contracting in the defense industry: a literature review AU - Warson, Lien AU - Mishra, Nishant AU - Van Staden, Heletje AU - KU Leuven. Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen. Opleiding Master in de Toegepaste Economische Wetenschappen. Handelsingenieur PY - 2018 PB - Leuven KU Leuven. Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen DB - UniCat UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138164979 AB - Performance-based contracts (PBCs) are gradually more often used in different industries such as services, logistics and outsourcing. A large increase in use of PBCs is noticed in the defense industry. This also holds true for the amount of literature produced on performance-based logistics (PBL), which is the type of PBC that is typically used in the defense industry. This literature review provides an extensive summary of literature regarding the use and the content of these PBL contracts. It starts with a general search through the PBC literature which is used as starting point for a systematic literature review on how these contracts work in the defense industry. The review elaborates the most on the contract implementation phase and the contract elements. Especially the goals of the PBL contracts, the incentives for both parties to stick to the contract and the performance indicators are discussed. The benefits from PBCs in the defense industry and the challenges addressed to these contracts complete this literature review. The findings from the literature are compared with four cases from the defense industry. ER -