IPPC - IPPC8 Book

TABLE OF CONTENTS
	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