TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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| Preface | v | |
| List of Contributors | vi | |
| 1. | Introduction Khi V. Thai |
1 |
Part I. Public Procurement Systems |
20 | |
| 2. | Public Procurement and the Private Business Sector: Evidence from Firm-Level Data Tania Ghossein, Asif M. Islam and Federica Saliola |
21 |
| 3. | Public Procurement Systems: A Comparative Study of Ireland and Saudi Arabia Dhafer Al Ahmari and Paul Davis |
56 |
| 4. | Effects of Governance Structures on Sustainability- Oriented Supplier Behavior: Analysis of National Action Plans and Their Effects in Public Procurement Andreas H. Glas, Julian Gaus, Michael Essig |
85 |
Part 2. Public Procurement Methods and Strategies |
103 | |
| 5. | Detecting Bid-Rigging in the “Big Data Era” Paolo Buccirossi, Giulia Di Pierro and Luca Giangregorio |
104 |
| 6. | Alternative Approach to Public Procurement: Selling Put Options via Electronic Auction Matias Huhtilainen |
124 |
| 7. | The Numbers Tell the Tale: A Spend Analysis in Five Government Procuring and Disposing Entities in Uganda Charles Ndandiko, David N. Kiyingi, Francis Ssennoga and Roel van Weert |
145 |
| 8. | Adoption of Force Account Mechanism in Road Maintenance Works’ Procurements: Stakeholders’ Opinions in Uganda Faith Mbabazi and Godfrey Mugurusi |
167 |
| 9. | The Desirability and Feasibility of Developing Sustainability Index for Public Procurement Edward Schwerin, Eric Prier and Clifford McCue |
181 |
| 10. | Improvements In Services Contracting: The Defense Department’s Implementation Of Performance-Based Services Acquisition William Lucyshyn and John Rigilano |
211 |
Part 3. Use of Literature Review for Procurement Research |
229 | |
| 11. | Performance Expectations Gap in Public Works Contracts: A Theoretical Review Charles Kalinzi, Joseph Ntayi, Moses Muhwezi and Levi Kabagambe |
230 |
| 12. | An Exploratory Literature Review across Scientific Silos on Public Procurement Timo Kivistö and Veli Matti Virolainen |
260 |
| 13. | A Framework For Collaborative Public Procurement (CPP): Developed From An International Survey Andrea Patrucco, Christine Harland, Jane Lynch, Tunde Tatrai, and Jan Telgen |
285 |
