coverage can be extended to assist their SME suppliers. While such support is beneficial to the suppliers, an issue arises … regarding the motivation of the large buyers to join and support the SME suppliers. In practice, SMEs are often attractive but … riskier sources of supply. Supporting SME suppliers through the financial guarantee may bring even more risk concern to buyers …

find that countries with better quality procurement regulation have higher SME participation and win ratios. Dividing …This paper investigates the relationship between the quality of regulatory policies governing public procurement and … participation in public tenders by small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Using a large dataset on European procurement contracts, we …

procurement of innovation policies. The case study findings suggest that few of the challenges innovating SME's are facing would … be ameliorated by developing public procurement of innovation policies specifically targeting SME promotion. Research ….Originality/value: Unlike many studies and policy reports connecting ostensibly public procurement of innovation policies with SME promotion …

enterprises (SMEs), require support to adapt to technology and make use of e-procurement functions to develop competitive … advantages. Information systems such as e-procurement have become increasingly linked with other business activities such as … supply chain integration to initiate the growth of SMEs. This study investigated the relationship between e-procurement …

This article explores the issue of managing green procurement at the level of small and medium-sized enterprises in … developing countries. Green procurement remains a relatively new trend for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Therefore … procurement affects the competitiveness of an enterprise, its economic indicators, the environment and society. The data collected …

Implementation of green procurement principles in the public and private sectors is an important issue in favour of … product-based green procurement practices in manufacturing small- and medium-sized enterprises. Accordingly, the statistical … of product-based green procurement practices. However, there was no significant relationship between customer pressure …