IPPC6: Wednesday 14th – Friday 16th August 2014
Dublin, Ireland

Public Procurement remains a key focus for policy makers in this time of global downturn and austerity. As such both academics and practitioners have a desire to share their research and practice in and open and transparent environment. In Dublin, August 2014, the Sixth International Public Procurement Conference (IPPC6) will take place. The IPPC is the largest international public procurement conference globally dedicated to academic discussion and practitioner engagement. Over the last 10 years having built its profile in attracting partcipants from over 60 countries, it is hoped that the conference in Dublin will exceed this. . more

Best Paper Awards:
There are three best paper awards, with $3,000 for the 1st best paper, $2,000 for the 2nd best paper, and $1,000 for the 3rd best paper. In addition, there are awards for students’ and practitioners’ best papers. Following are three best papers from IPPC5. more

CHALLENGES IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE (VOLUME 3).
Boca Raton, FL, USA: PrAcademics Press, 2004. 

Preface

            List of Editors

            List of Contributors

1. Challenges in Public Procurement 
   Khi V. Thai

2. Challenges in Public Procurement: Comparative Views of Public Procurement Reform in Gambia
   Wayne A. Wittig and Habib Jeng

3. Procurement Watch, Inc.: The Role of Civil Society in Public Procurement Reforms in The Philippines
   Maria Kristina Villanueva Pimentel

4. Reforming Public Procurement Sector in Turkey
   Kadir Akın Gözel

5. Government-wide Review of Procurement: Redesigning Canadian Procurement
   Government-wide Review of Procurement Task Force

6. Balancing Socioeconomic and Public Procurement Reform Goals: Effective Metrics for Measuring
   Small Business Participation in Public Procurement 
   Timothy S. Reed, Patricia G. Luna, William C. Pike

7. A Tale of Two Cities in The Search for the Perfect Procurement System
   Guy Callender and Jim McGuire

8. Public-Private Partnerships As an Element of Public Procurement Reform in Germany
   Alexander Batran, Michael Essig, and Berthold Schaeher

9. Public Procurement Partnerships
   Wendell C. Lawther and Lawrence L. Martin

10. An Exploratory Analysis of Public Procurement Practices in Europe
    Gustavo Piga and Matteo Zanza

11. Developing the Concept of Supply Strategy in the English National Health Service:
    Longitudinal Empirical Research
    Helen Walker, Christine Harland and Louise Knight

12. Reputation Mechanisms and Electronic Markets: Economic Issues and Proposals for Public Procurement
    Giancarlo Spagnolo and Federico Dini

13. Overcoming Resistance to a Paradigm Shifting Change in the Federal Sector: 
    Share-in-Savings Contracting—From the Concept to Application
    Kenneth J. Buck

14. The Challenge of Bringing Industry Best Practices to Public Procurement: 
    Strategic Sourcing and Commodity Councils
    Timothy S. Reed, Dan E. Bowman, and Michael E. Knipper

15. The Impact of Product Liability Legislation on the Procurement of Pharmaceuticals Within HPSS Trusts
     in Northern Ireland
    Ruth Fee and Jill Mairs

16. Promoting Competitive Markets: The Role of Public Procurement
    Nigel Caldwell, Helen Walker, Christine Harland, Louise Knight, and Jurong Zheng

17. UK Public Procurement Policy and the Delivery of Public Value
    Andrew Erridge

18. Benchmarking Municipal Public Procurement Activities in Finland
    Timo Kivistö and Veli-Matti Virolainen

19. Performance-Based Procurement: The Key to Effective Basic Services Provision in Developing Countries
    Patricia I.. Baquero

20. Organizational and Individual Drivers of Compensation of Public Sector Buyers
    Mohamad G. Alkadry and N. Bhargava