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Theory in public procurement research [PDF]
Journal of Public Procurement, 2014 This paper examines the role of theory in public procurement research. Theoretical rigour is integral to management science, yet little is known on the extent and form of theory in public procurement. With the field starting to mature, addressing this issue is timely.
Flynn, Anthony, Davis, Paul
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Exponential and power laws in public procurement markets [PDF]
EPL 99, art. 28005, 2012, 2013 For the first time ever, we analyze a unique public procurement database, which includes information about a number of bidders for a contract, a final price, an identification of a winner and an identification of a contracting authority for each of more than 40,000 public procurements in the Czech Republic between 2006 and 2011, focusing on the ...
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A decision support system for fraud detection in public procurement
International Transactions in Operational Research, 2020 Over the past few years, investigators in Brazil have been uncovering numerous corruption and money laundering schemes at all levels of government and in the country's largest corporations It is estimated that between 2% and 5% of the global GDP is lost ...
R. Velasco +4 more
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Detecting corruption in single-bidder auctions via positive-unlabelled learning [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 In research and policy-making guidelines, the single-bidder rate is a commonly used proxy of corruption in public procurement used but ipso facto this is not evidence of a corrupt auction, but an uncompetitive auction. And while an uncompetitive auction could arise due to a corrupt procurer attempting to conceal the transaction, but it could also be a ...
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.This study indicates that perinatal antibiotic exposure elevates susceptibility to high‐fat‐diet‐induced hepatic lipid accumulation via disrupting early‐life gut microbiota colonization. The decreased Lactobacillus colonization inhibits primary‐to‐secondary bile acid conversion, lowering secondary bile acids, enhancing adulthood intestinal lipid ...
Yan‐Yan Zhu +11 more
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Altruism in death: Attitudes to body and organ donation in Australian students
Anatomical Sciences Education, Volume 16, Issue 1, Page 27-46, January/February 2023., 2023 Abstract Health education, research, and training rely on the altruistic act of body donation for the supply of cadavers. Organ transplantation and research rely on donated organs. Supply of both is limited, with further restrictions in Australia due to requirements for a next‐of‐kin agreement to donation, irrespective of the deceased's pre‐death ...
Rebekah A. Jenkin +2 more
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ASSESSMENT SYSTEM OF THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT EFFICIENCY
Baltic Journal of Economic Studies, 2019 The purpose of the paper is to set out the in-depth study of how the public procurement performance can be determined through a system that considers the criteria for determining the best (ideal) supplier and the main elements of the assessment of ...
Mariia Pysmenna +2 more
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Improving Transparency in IDIQ Contracts: A Comparison of Common Procurement Issues Affecting Economies Across the Atlantic and Suggested Solutions [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Expansions in the size and scope of public procurement across the Atlantic have increased calls for accountability of democratic governments. Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contracts by their very nature are less transparent but serve as major tools of public procurement in both the European and American economies. This paper utilizes a cross-
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ERA Forum, 2020 The aim of this paper is to analyze the inclusion of Green Public Procurement (GPP) requirements in the EU public procurement regime. The debate about moving towards greener public purchasing has been fueled afresh in the wake of the EU Green Deal, which
Kleoniki Pouikli
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Performance-Based Specifications: Exploring When They Work and Why [PDF]
, 2014 There is extensive research and attention on innovation and sustainable public procurement (SPP) in the European Union at present, with the 2014 revision of the Procurement Directives, the Innovation Union strategy and other European Union policy ...
Carlos Dominguez +3 more
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