Journal of Public Procurement: Volume 24 Issue 4

Boundary spanners as a key to value creation in infrastructure procurement

Johanna Maria Liljeroos-Cork, Kaisu Laitinen

Infrastructure forms a basis for the operations and sustainability of the modern society. This paper aims to recognize value creation from the infrastructure procurement ecosystem…

Challenges of black construction professionals with Black Economic Empowerment as a procurement policy in South Africa

Christopher Amoah

The South African Government announced the black economic empowerment (BEE) legislation in 2003 in the public procurement systems. The legislation was deemed a catalyst for the…

Approaching transcendence: a conceptual discussion on procurement fraud, education, professionalism maturity, ethics and implications

Olive Etsula

This study aims to explore and present discussions regarding the interconnectedness of procurement fraud, supply chain education, professional maturity and ethics, and their…

Buying what matters: towards a value model allowing to implement policy preference in public procurement

Jakub Kodym

The purpose of this study is to promote value as a core concept enabling innovative and socially responsible procurement. It suggests how organisations should analyse value from…

Do firms submit fewer tender bids with high inflation? An analysis of firms’ participation in public procurement in the EU

Luka Klimavičiūtė, Marco Schito, Egidijus Barcevičius

This paper aims to explore the effect of sustained high inflation on public procurement participation in the European Union, both in terms of the average number of bids submitted…