This book examines corruption in public procurement in three Member States of the EU, reviewing their different approaches to combating corruption, and the extent to which the transparency principle is applied in their procurement systems. The focus of the work is on the contrast between the unsuccessful procurement legislation of a relatively young Member State (Bulgaria) and its attempt to cu…
This book focuses on Public Procurement for Innovation. Public Procurement for Innovation is a specific demand side innovation policy instrument. It occurs when a public organization places an order for a new or improved product to fulfill certain needs that cannot be met at the moment of the order.The book provides evidence of the potential benefits to public and private actors from the select…
Framework agreements have arisen in response to the well documented and high costs of public procurement procedures. The agreements have significant potential to improve procedural efficiency in public procurement, but are complex to operate. Inadequate preparation and implementation can also frustrate their potential both to tackle waste, abuse and corruption and to enhance value for money. In…
More then just a textbook, A Theory of Incentives in Procurement and Regulation will guide economists' research on regulation for years to come. It makes a difficult and large literature of the new regulatory economics accessible to the average graduate student, while offering insights into the theoretical ideas and stratagems not available elsewhere. Based on their path breaking work in the ap…
this book present effective strategies for developing countries to leverage their public sector demand for manufactured import to promote industrialization, trade, and technology transfer. Technology transfer its absorption is considered one of the most crucial and complicated challenges for developing countries, which are characterized by insufficient infrastructure, low technological intensit…
This book examines the issues and challenges raised by the debarment or disqualification of corrupt suppliers from public contracts. Implementing a disqualification mechanism in public procurement raises serious practical and conceptual difficulties, which are not always considered by legislative provisions on disqualification. Some of the problems that may arise from the use of disqualificatio…
Central government in Britain spends billions of dollars a year in goods and services, presenting a massive opportunity for procurement innovation and design. Customer satisfaction is paramount and failure to provide it can be linked to poor specification or the lack of incorporation of key determinants. The case studies chosen for this book show the best current procedures and display how buil…
Public procurement represents a specialist yet important area of practice in the European and international business and commercial legal environment. This book offers an inclusive, coherent and practical analysis of the relevant law and jurisprudence, with the principal focus on the case law of the European Court of Justice in the public procurement field. The author provides the reader with a…