Journal of Public Procurement: Volume 8 Issue 3

Public procurement and innovation: towards a taxonomy

Leif Hommen, Max Rolfstam

The role of public procurement as an instrument to stimulate innovation has been increasingly emphasized by European policymakers. This perspective raises demand for the…

Financing infrastructure: fixed price vs. price index contracts

Robert J. Eger III, Hai (David) Guo

This paper looks at a common type of price adjustment, price indexing, which provides contractors with compensation for increases in price volatile commodities. We address the…

Public procurement policy: implications for theory and practice

Keith F. Snider, Rene G. Rendon

This paper proposes a conceptual framework for the study of public procurement policy. It reviews policy-related writings by public procurement scholars and assesses these works…

An asymmetric learning in complex public-private projects

Jurong Zheng, Nigel Caldwell

This paper investigates how symmetrical learning activity is, between the public client and the private contractor in the contracting and operation of complex, long-term…

Procurement planning and accountability of local government procurement systems in developing countries: evidence from uganda

Benon C. Basheka

The contribution of planning in facilitating an efficient and effective performance of public sector organizations is generally undisputed in both developed and developing…

An economic approach to public procurement

Tsong Ho Chen

Award systems play the central role in public procurement, since they determine what is considered by the contracting authority as ‘the most economically advantageous tender.’…