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International Journal of Academe and Industry ResearchExamining the nexus between socio-demographic factors and the participation of special groups in the public procurement of work is essential to inform policymakers and stakeholders in the Local Government Authorities (LGAs) in Tanzania about the need for
Ester Ryoba +2 more
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Effect of Speculators’ Position Changes on the LME Futures Market
International Journal of Financial Studies, 2019 This paper employs Granger causality tests to analyze the role of speculators using weekly COTR (commitment of traders reports) data covering the period of August 2014 to July 2017.
Jaehwan Park
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.HKUST‐1/TiO2 composite materials show a very high photocatalytic hydrogen evolution rate which increases as a function of the irradiation time until reaching a plateau and even surpasses the performance of the 1%Pt/TiO2 material after three photocatalytic cycles.
Alisha Khan +9 more
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Information quality and supply chain performance: The mediating role of information sharing
Supply Chain Analytics, 2023 This paper brings to light the powerful connection between buyer and supplier relationships in terms of information sharing, information quality, and supply chain performance.
George Kankam +3 more
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, 2020 The article analyzes contracting challenges faced by Italian health care authorities and U.S. procurement officials in the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and it provides practitioner-derived lessons for improving procurement in times of ...
V. Vecchi +2 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A quasi‐2D, light‐absorbing platelet embedded in a thermotropic nematic liquid crystal is activated with light irradiation. Depending on the light intensity, the platelet induces a localized nematic‐isotropic phase transition that triggers the motion. Using different confinements, the platelet can glide in a 2D regime or tilt and glide in a 3D regime ...
Antonio Tavera‐Vázquez +6 more
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Increasing Turkey's power system flexibility for grid integration of 50% renewable energy share
Energy Strategy Reviews, 2021 Secure and reliable operation of power systems with high wind and solar shares requires system flexibility. In this paper, an hourly-based market and grid simulation model is developed to assess security and reliability of a power system with high wind ...
D. Saygin +4 more
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Functional procurement for innovation, welfare, and the environment
Science and Public Policy, 2020 Public procurement accounts for a very large share of most economies worldwide. This conceptual article argues that the key to achieving more innovations when pursuing public procurement is to describe problems to be solved or functions to be fulfilled
C. Edquist, J. Zabala‐Iturriagagoitia
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Procurement Design with Corruption [PDF]
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2017 I investigate the design of optimal procurement mechanisms in the presence of corruption. After contracting with the sponsor, the contractor may bribe the inspector to misrepresent quality. The mechanism affects whether bribery occurs. I discuss the cases of both fixed and variable (with the size of misrepresentation) bribes, and also uncertainty ...
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The Problems of In-House Procurement in Lithuanian Public Procurement
ACTA PROSPERITATIS, 2023 Abstract Although the in-house procurement, as an exception to public procurement process, have existed in Lithuanian law for more than a decade and the European Union has expressed a clear positive position on the issue by legalize it in international level with Directive 2014/24/EU, but this legal institute still is not analysed enough
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