Preface
Editors
List of Contributors
1. Charting a Course in Public Procurement Innovation and Knowledge Sharing
G. L. Albano, K. F. Snider and K. V. Thai


Part I. Public Procurement as a Policy Tool


2. The Uses and Abuses of Public Procurement in Hungary
T. Tátrai and G. Nyikos

 

3. Green Procurement in the Public Sector: Purchasing Departments as Procurement Entrepreneurs
C. D. Smith

4. Reform of the EU Procurement Directives and WTO GPA: Forward Steps for Sustainability
A. Semple

5. Public Sector Tendering Challenges For SMEs, Procurer Feedback Provision and Tendering Support Mechanisms: Insights from the Welsh Tender Review Service
C. Evans

6. Sustainable Public Procurement in Practice: Case Study Evidence from Ireland
A. Flynn, P. Davis, D. McKevitt and E. McEvoy

Part 2. Defense Procurement

7. Defense Procurement: An Empirical Analysis of Critical Success Factors
R. G. Rendon

8. Performance-Based Logistics in Germany: Case Studies from Defense Procurement
F. C. Kleemann, A. Glas and M. Essig

Part 3. Dealing with Suppliers

9. Suppliers’ Integrity Management in Chinese Public Procurement: An Explorative Study
C. Wang and Y. Qiao

10. Empirical Analysis of Suppliers’ Non-Performance Risks in Execution of Public Procurement Contracts in Russia
A. Yakovlev, O. Demidova and O. Balaeva


Part 4. Other Public Procurement Issues

11. The Science of Public Procurement Management and Administration
B. C. Basheka

12. Sourcing for Government Goods and Services: Theory and Evidence from Swedish Cities and Authorities
M. A. Bergman and S. Lundberg

13. Litigating State Secrets in Government Contract Performance Disputes
J. I. Schwartz

14.The Influence of EU State Aid Rules on PPP Infrastructure Projects
A. Romanelli and K. Hornbanger

 

15. A Procurement Auction Model for Framework Agreements
Y. Gur, G. Weintraub and D. Escobar

 

16. A Review of Procurement Practices in the South African Public Sector
I. M. Ambe and J. A. Badenhorst-Weiss

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News Release

The 10th International Public Procurement Conference

Hosted by Uganda Management Institute and Uganda Tourism Board

November 3-5, 2026
Hotel Africana, Kampala-Uganda

Public procurement is both a science and an art, and requires knowledge and analytical skills, and keen judgment. As such both academics and practitioners have a desire to share their research and practice in and open and transparent environment. The 10th International Public Procurement Conference (IPPC10) will take place at the Uganda Management Institute, Kampala, Uganda, November 3-5, 2026. For detailed IPPC10 information, including submissions deadlines for paper proposals and full papers, best paper awards, registration fees and hotels


Call for Paper Proposal

We would like to invite your submission of paper proposals for the 10th International Public Procurement Conference to be held in at the Uganda Management Institute, Kampala, Uganda, November 3-5, 2026.

Deadline for paper proposal submissions

April 10, 2026

Notification of acceptance of paper proposals

To be confirmed

Closing date for full paper submissions

To be confirmed

Notification of acceptance of full papers

To be confirmed

Please visit https://ippa.org/index.php/ippc10 for information about research topics, paper reviews, publication venues, and best paper awards

Paper Preparation Guidelines. The general format of the manuscript should be as follows....

The deadline for Abstract/Paper Proposal Submissions (IPPC10) is April 10, 2026