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

Part IX:

MARKETS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

PAPER 1 - Base Lining Public Procurement Practice - An Irish Case Study
Tom O’Brien, Paul Davis and Anthony Flynn

PAPER 2 - Du Dispositif de Controle des Arches Publics au Cameroun
Ngaketch Tadoum Jean Marie and Mebada Mebada Grégoire

PAPER 3 - An Empirical Examination of the Economic Impact of State Procurement Preference Policies
Sawsan Abutabenjeh

PAPER 4 - Can Public Policy Be Challenged by Supplier Management Policies? A Policy Conundrum for Market Economies
Guy Callender

PAPER 5 - Small and Medium Enterprises (SMES) and Public Procurement Contracts in Developing Countries
Peter W. Obanda

PAPER 6 - Leveraging International Public Procurement in Support Economic Development: Forecasting Public Sector Expenditures and Market Size In Turkey
Travis K. Taylor and Murat A. Yülek

PAPER 7 - Common Conditions In Procurement and the Market: An Amsterdam Case
W.B. ten Haaf

PAPER 8 - The Contribution of Public Procurement to U.S. Federal Government’s Rescue of the Late 2000s Economic Recession
Yaotai Lu

PAPER 9 - Small Business Research in a World of Skewed Returns
Major Toby Edison and Kevin Carman

PAPER 10 - The Experience of Information Acquisition in Chilean Public Market via BI Implementation
Claudio Loyola and Maruzella Ortíz

PAPER 11 - Readdressing Price Models in Bid Rigging Detection: A Transaction Cost Model Portland Procurement Agencies
Adam Williams