Green public procurement: An empirical analysis of the uptake of organic food policy
Our study provides evidence of the determinants underpinning the uptake of green public procurement among public authorities. More specifically, we analyze the response among Swedish municipalities following a national procurement policy launched in 2006
Hanna-Stiina Lindström +2 more
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Public Procurement Process Design and Small and Medium Enterprises Access to Contracts in Uganda [PDF]
Small and Medium Enterprises are often excluded from public procurement contracts due to several factors. We need effective public procurement policies, systems and personnel to ensure that the opportunities are scaled up rapidly, transparently and ...
Peter Obanda
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Reduce Corruption in Public Procurement: The Effort Towards Good Governance
The Corruption Eradication Commission is introducing new laws on corruption. However, the crucial questions are whether the said laws effectively decrease corruption cases, including corruption in public procurement.
Satria Unggul Wicaksana Prakasa +2 more
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Stimulating a more Circular Economy through Public Procurement: Roles and dynamics of intermediation
Public procurement can accelerate transitions to a more circular economy by creating new demand for resource efficiency. Interactions during pre-procurement consultations influence the impact of such purchasing by helping define tender specifications ...
Anne Rainville
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Implicit incentives in green public procurement: Good intentions versus rigid regulations
Governments promote pro-environmental behavior explicitly, through regulatory provisions, or implicitly, by setting general environmental objectives without explicit requirements.
E. Shadrina, D. Vinogradov, D. V. Kashin
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PurposeOver time, the concept of word of mouth (WOM) has spread beyond marketing into other disciplines. This is because WOM is important in decision-making at both the individual and organisational levels.
I. Ismail, I. Changalima
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Understanding public procurement within the health sector: a priority in a post-COVID-19 world.
Every year, over 250,000 public authorities in the European Union (EU) spend about 14% of GDP on the purchase of services, works and supplies. Many are in the health sector, a sector in which public authorities are the main buyers in many countries. When
A. García‐Altés +8 more
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Public Procurement, a Tool for Achieving the Goals of Sustainable Development
This paper proposes a “systematization” of current concerns about sustainable public procurement, an investigation of ways and solutions for public procurement to make an increased contribution to achieving sustainable development goals.
Otilia Manta +4 more
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Transposition of the EU Public Procurement Directives 2014 in Austria [PDF]
The EU public procurement directives 2014 further advance the European Commission’s ambitions to regulate most public procurement at the EU-wide level.
Bernt Elsner, Ruth Bittner
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Public Procurement Policy in the Implementation of the Digital Transformation Strategy: Priorities for the EU and for Ukraine [PDF]
The aim of the article is to study the policy of public procurement and the scientific substantiation of its priorities in the context of the implementation of the digital transformation strategy in the EU and in Ukraine.
Fedirko Oleksandr A. +1 more
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