Journal of Public Procurement: Volume 15 Issue 4

Public infrastructure procurement: A review of adversarial and non-adversarial contracting methods

Michael Regan, Peter E.D. Love, Jim Jim

Adversarial contracting methods are used for most public infrastructure procurement and timely delivery on budget remains a problem. In the past 20 years, OECD countries have…

The enlightenment underpinnings of the public procurement profession

William Earle Klay

Enlightenment philosophers profoundly influenced the emergence of democracy. Enlightenment ideas underlie much of the theory and practice of public procurement today. Economic…

Public procurement reforms in greece: The impact of improved transparency on government expenditures

Giotopoulos ***, Grigoris Pavlou, Svetoslav Danchev, Aggelos Tsakanikas

During the recent economic crisis, public procurement reforms have received a great attention as a key mechanism that enables significant cost savings and improves transparency in…

Characteristics Of private markets and accessibility of small and medium enterprises to public procurement markets: Pharmaceuticals in egypt

Lobna Abdellatif, Mohamed Zaky

The current paper explores the effect of private market characteristics on the access of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to public markets in some sectors. Using survey data…

The role of accountability in federal acquisition: A search for context

Dan Fox, John C. Morris

The issue of accountability in the federal government’s acquisition process has been the topic of much discussion and investigation. While few argue that accountability is…