in North Carolina, USA. Due to the implemented regulation, this state is well suited to serve as a reference. An excursus …

This paper studies the interaction between financially constrained and financially strong firms on a procurement market …. It characterizes and discusses a procurement agency’s optimal response when faced with financially asymmetric firms. By …

process. We use data from a large European procurement platform to study the impact of different information structures … that on the procurement platform considered bidders indeed are aware of their rivals' characteristics and the buyers …

We contribute to the literature on procurement and contract management in the public sector by reporting on the current … effectiveness of certain procurement and contract management actions in moderating potential supplier opportunism. The article is … based upon a quantitative analysis of 180 questionnaire responses provided by procurement and contract managers. The results …

extent of vertical integration are gigantic. This paper undertakes a critical examination of its procurement process to … paper examines issues such as organizational structure, procurement organization, source selection methodology, procurement … oversight and regulation and their impact on the economy, efficiency, transparency and accountability aspects of procurement. It …

For the procurement of complex goods the early exchange of information is important to avoid costly renegotiation ex … use of negotiations as a procurement mechanism in private industry. …

prices associated with separate purchase. (Pure) bundling is more likely to be selected as a procurement strategy when: (i …

We study non-binding procurement auctions where both price and non-price characteristics of bidders matter for being … of a change in the information structure using data from a large European online procurement platform for different …