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Public Management Review, 2021
The article examines how local governments’ procurement complexity and structure interact to influence e-procurement adoption. Drawing on the survey data of over 400 cities, we find that a centralized structure enhances the likelihood that local ...
Yifan Chen +4 more
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The article examines how local governments’ procurement complexity and structure interact to influence e-procurement adoption. Drawing on the survey data of over 400 cities, we find that a centralized structure enhances the likelihood that local ...
Yifan Chen +4 more
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Procurement 4.0: factors influencing the digitisation of procurement and supply chains
Business Process Management Journal, 2018Purpose While digitisation is a key driver of the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0); organisations have different approaches to deal with this topic to get a clearer picture of the opportunities and challenges concerning the digital ...
Florian Bienhaus, Abubaker Haddud
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Logistics Information Management, 1998
Several formal methodologies are proposed for evaluating prospective suppliers. Three popular methods for supplier performance evaluation appear in the literature: categorical, weighted point and cost ratio. However, these techniques have a number of disadvantages associated with them and an alternative approach is suggested which applies dimensional ...
Humphreys, P, Mak, KL, McIvor, R
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Several formal methodologies are proposed for evaluating prospective suppliers. Three popular methods for supplier performance evaluation appear in the literature: categorical, weighted point and cost ratio. However, these techniques have a number of disadvantages associated with them and an alternative approach is suggested which applies dimensional ...
Humphreys, P, Mak, KL, McIvor, R
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2006
To stay on top of global competition, firms and governments often need to acquire innovative goods and services, including ideas and research, from their strategic suppliers. A careful design of procurement policy is crucial to make potential suppliers generate and sell the most suitable innovation.
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To stay on top of global competition, firms and governments often need to acquire innovative goods and services, including ideas and research, from their strategic suppliers. A careful design of procurement policy is crucial to make potential suppliers generate and sell the most suitable innovation.
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Political Contributions and Public Procurement: Evidence from Lithuania
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020This paper studies whether firms trade political contributions for public procurement contracts. Combining data on Lithuanian government tenders, corporate donors, and firm characteristics, I examine how a ban on corporate contributions affects the ...
A. Baltrunaite
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Organ procurement: Spanish transplant procurement management
Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals, 2011Transplantation is an accepted therapeutic option to save or improve the quality of life when organ failure occurs or tissue replacements are needed. However, the lack of organs is the major limitation. The deceased organ procurement organization and professionals provide the solution to this international problem.
María Paula Gómez +5 more
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, 2004 There is growing public interest in alternatives to intellectual property including, but not limited to, prizes and government grants. We argue that there is no single best mechanism for supporting research. Rather, mechanisms can only be compared within specific creative environments.
Stephen M. Maurer, Suzanne Scotchmer
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Examining the role of procurement 4.0 towards remanufacturing operations and circular economy
Production planning & control (Print), 2020Procurement digitalisation can provide significant opportunities for excellence in remanufacturing operations. The close attention of firms is required during the configuration of procurement 4.0 resources for applying front end and base technologies in ...
Surajit Bag +3 more
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Readiness for lean procurement in construction projects
, 2020The purpose of this paper is to identify, analyse and categorize the major factors affecting lean procurement (LP) in a construction project of a company in India using total interpretive structural modelling (TISM) approach.
M. Suresh, R. A. Nathan
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Discretion and Supplier Selection in Public Procurement
Journal of Law, Economics & Organization, 2018Public procurement outcomes depend on the ability of the procuring agency to select well-performing suppliers. Should public administrations be granted more or less discretion in their decision-making?
A. Baltrunaite +3 more
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