Journal of Public Procurement: Volume 23 Issue 2

Auditing and compliance in public procurement – an empirical assessment

Mats A. Bergman

This study aims to empirically evaluate the effectiveness of government auditing of local authorities’ compliance with the procurement rules.

The landscape of public procurement research: a bibliometric analysis and topic modelling based on Scopus

Abderahman Rejeb, Karim Rejeb, Andrea Appolloni, Yasanur Kayikci, Mohammad Iranmanesh

The purpose of this study is to investigate the structure and dynamics of academic articles relating to public procurement (PP) in the period 1984–2022 (up to May). The…

Adoption intentions of electronic procurement among public sector organisations (PSOs) in Ghana: emerging economy perspective

Daniel Ofori, Osman Light, Joseph Ankomah

Electronic government procurement is an important platform that promotes efficient, transparent, competitive and agile delivery of procurement activities in public sector…

Room for maneuver: practicing competitive dialogue in infrastructure projects in Norway

Asmamaw Tadege Shiferaw, Paulos A. Wondimu, Tor Kristian Stevik

This study aims to explore the experiences of using competitive dialogue (CD) as a procurement procedure and the freedom it provides to the contracting parties in Norway.

Exploring the role of social capital in public procurement

Jad EL Bizri, Elina Karttunen, Katrina Lintukangas

This study aims to build on social capital theory (SCT) and its dimensions by examining the role of social capital in the public procurement process and by identifying related…

How to increase the uptake of circular public procurement? Lessons learned from local authorities in Sweden

Agnieszka Hunka, Emanuela Vanacore, Ann-Charlotte Mellquist, Letitia Fuertes-Gine

Circular procurement is assumed to foster innovation and influence demand for and supply of goods through criteria setting and dialogue with suppliers. However, even in countries…