Journal of Public Procurement: Volume 5 Issue 3

How many vendors does it take to screw down a price? a primer on competition

Jeffrey M. Keisler, William A. Buehring

When creating a private market to provide a public good, government agencies can influence the market's competitive characteristics. Markets have predictable, often…

The e-procurement experience in italian universities

Paolo Barbieri, Andrea Zanoni

This study focuses on the main problems of the design and implementation of e-procurement in Italian Universities. We look at the main features of e-procurement in a university…

Analysis of public e-procurement web site accessibility

Giuseppe Bruno, Emilio Esposito, Michele Mastroianni, Daniela Vellutino

A vast amount of literature has highlighted that accessibility is becoming crucial in evaluating e-procurement web site effectiveness. In this context, this paper shows some…

Key issues in e-procurement: Procurement implementation and operation in the public sector

Simon R. Croom, Alistair Brandon-Jones

This paper presents the analysis from a study into the key lessons learned from e-procurement implementation across a range of UK public sector organisations. The literature…

Strategic procurement in the public sector: A mask for financial and administrative policy

Darin Matthews

As government responds to demands to become more efficient and effective, procurement professionals are expected to focus primarily on the strategic aspects of procurement and…