resources and procurement managers. Due to anti-corruption laws, agents cannot sell contracts or positions that they are … connections in the presence of convex costs of networking. -- nominations ; rent-seeking ; networks ; politicians ; procurement …

Algorithm-based decision support systems play an increasingly important role in decisions involving exploration tasks …, such as product searches, portfolio choices, and human resource procurement. These tasks often involve a trade-off between … rather than exploitation, and model the participants' decision-making processes using a learning model comparable to the …

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. …

a fraction of the transfer. The government faces a trade-off in its delegation decision: bureaucrats have knowledge of …

Centralization of public procurement can lower prices for the government's direct purchase of goods and services. This … paper focuses on indirect savings. Public administrations that do not procure directly through a central procurement agency …

organizational decision is driven by two countervailing effects: the ownership rights effect favors outsourcing, while the "indirect …

in line with the predictions of our theory. In particular, we find that the share of short-term collaborations is higher …

traditional procurement (TP) and public-private partnership (PPP). We show that a mixed regime, in which TP is used in one …

This paper considers the problems facing decision-makers using econometric models in real time. It identifies the key … literature for dealing with them. The role of feedbacks from the decision-maker s actions to the data generating process is also …

cultural background matter. -- Decision under pressure ; altruism ; social norms ; interdependent preferences ; excess of …