IPPC 6 Papers Selected for the IPPC6 Book
Book Title: International Public Procurement: Innovation and Knowledge Sharing
Editors: Paul Davis and Khi V. Thai
This book was published by PrAcademics Press, Highland Beach, Florida, USA in 2015 International Public Procurement: Innovation and Knowledge Sharing (ISBN 0-9668864-8-8). Please contact the publisher if you wish to purchase a printed copy)
Preface
1. International Public Procurement: Innovation and Knowledge Sharing
Khi V. Thai
Part I. Innovation in Public Procurement Profession
2. Contract Management Innovation in Public Procurement: Costa Rica ́s Experience
I. Palaco, A. Avendaño and W. Nuñez
3. The Municipal Partnering Initiative: Mixed Contracting in Local Government Procurement
D. Rauch
4. The Impact of Changing Patterns of Commercial Card Use by the U.S. Government on Governmental Efficiency and Cost Savings
R. Palmer, M. Gupta and N. Palmer
5. Defense Management Research Capacities and Topics: Blind Spots in Defense Acquisition Management
C. v. Deimling, A. H. Glas and M. Essig
6. Customers’ Preferences in Municipal Waste Services Procurement
A. Ancarani, C. D. Mauro, F. Mascali, and L. L. Marca
Part II. Public Procurement Transparency
7. Rationalising Public Procurement of Complex Construction Projects by the Price Component Selection
P. Lahdenperä
8. Pricing for Public Purchase: A Qualitative-Empirical Analysis of Public Procurement and Price Setting Practices
M. Georgi and S. Kemmeter
9. Procurement Conspiracies and Procurement Governance: Some Lessons from Thailand
S. Khoman
10. Collaborative Public Procurement: A Comparative Review of the Indian Position with International Practices on Pooled Procurement from Competition Law Perspectives
S. Verma
11. Regulating the Pre-Procurement Phase: Context and Perspectives
W. A. Janssen
12. Construction Procurers’ Perceptions of Value for Money
W. J. Staples
PART III. Preferential Public Procurement
13.The Reform to EU Utilities Procurement: Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive?
Eleanor Aspey
14. Stages of Development towards Sustainable Public Procurement
T. Tátrai
15. Policy Implementation of Sustainable Public Procurement in China
C. Wang and X. Li
16. The Role of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in a Sustainable Public Procurement System
A. Gorczynska
