VOLUME 8, NUMBER 1, 2008

CONTENTS

• Using Agency Theory to Model Cooperative Public Purchasing
  C. McCue and E. Prier

• Size, Competition and Quality in the Italian Market for Consulting Services
  R. Cervigni, O. Cuccu and R. Miniaci

• Choice in Government Software Procurement: A Winning Strategy
  M. Sieverding

• Cookies for the Real World: Assessing the Potential of RFID for Contractor Monitoring
  N. Dew

BOOK REVIEW

• Planning, Scheduling and Requirement Analysis
  K. F. Snider

VOLUME 8, NUMBER 2, 2008

CONTENTS

• Leasing as a Strategic Financing Option: The Navy’s Maritime
  Prepositioned Ships Experience
  J. G. San Miguel, J. K. Shank and D. E. Summers

• A Brief History and Review of Purchasing Card Use by the U.S.
  Government: 1990-2005
  M. Gupta and R. J. Palmer

• Procurement Process Maturity: Key to Performance Measurement
  R. G. Rendon

• Toward a Framework for Managing High-Risk Government
  Outsourcing: Field Research in three Italian Municipalities
  E. Padovani and D. W. Young

• Current Trends of Outsourcing Practice in Government and
  Business: Causes, Case Studies and Logic
  M. M. D. Johnson

PRACTITIONERS’ CORNER

• Contracting Officers: Turn Off the Time and Material Default Switch
  B. Piper

VOLUME 8, NUMBER 3, 2008

CONTENTS

• Financing Infrastructure: Fixed Price vs. Price Index Contracts
  R. J. Eger III and H. Guo

SYMPOSIUM

• Symposium Introduction
  J. Telgen and K. V. Thai

• Public Procurement Policy: Implications for Theory and Practice
  K. F. Snider and R. G. Rendon

• An Asymmetric Learning in Complex Public-Private Projects
  J. Zheng and N. Caldwell

• A Simple Model of Framework Agreements: Competition and
  Efficiency
  G. Luigi Albano and M. Sparror

• Procurement Planning and Accountability of Local Government
  Procurement Systems in Developing Countries: Evidence from
  Uganda
  B. C. Basheka

• An Economic Approach to Public Procurement
  T. H. Chen