Journal of Public Procurement: Volume 18 Issue 3

Sustainable innovation in public procurement: the decisive role of the individual

Martin E. Eikelboom, Cees Gelderman, Janjaap Semeijn

This study aims to highlight the effect of individual attributes of procurement professionals on goals concerning public procurement of sustainable innovation. Several barriers…

Putting your money where your mouth is: green procurement as a form of sustainability

Jessica Terman, Christy Smith

There is a robust and growing literature on the adoption of sustainability policies in US local governments. Scholars have examined locality involvement in climate protection…

Socio-economic sourcing: benefits of small business set-asides in public procurement

Timothy Hawkins, Michael Gravier, Wesley S. Randall

Small businesses are critical to economic health and encouraged in government spending by set-asides – annual small business sourcing goals that often are not attained. Little…

The impacts of in-state procurement preference policies on the economy of South Carolina

Sawsan Abutabenjeh, Stephen Gordon, Berhanu Mengistu

This paper aims to answer the question: What are the impacts of implementing in-state procurement preference policies on the economy of the state of South Carolina?

Fostering innovation in public procurement through public private partnerships

Nunzia Carbonara, Roberta Pellegrino

The prevailing view in the studies on Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) is that PPPs can improve the quality and efficiency of infrastructure services and facilitates innovation…