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Regulatory reform in Brazilian infrastructure : where do we stand?

Pinheiro, Armando Castelar - 2015

The main objectives of regulatory reform and privatization of infrastructure in Brazil were to attract new private … infrastructure investment? Was it an error in diagnosis, faulted implementation or lack of additional supporting reforms? What … make the necessary corrections so as to produced the needed rise in infrastructure investment? This paper tries to answer …

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The defense industry in Brazil : characteristics and involvement of supplier firms

Squeff, Flávia de Holanda Schmidt; Assis, Lucas Rocha … - 2015

Over the last decade, the defense industry has obtained relevance on Brazilian public policies. Departing from the premise that the success of this process requires not only that the Armed Forces have modern equipment and skilled military to operate them, but also that the country retains the...

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Procuring survival

Cappelletti, Matilde; Giuffrida, Leonardo M. - 2021

Public spending (i.e., “G”) enables governments to fulfill their fiscal policies. This paper takes a micro perspective and quantifies the impact of procurement spending - a specific component of G - on firm survival. We find that firms that receive public contracts survive longer, ceteris...

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Public procurement as an innovation policy : where do we stand?

Chiappinelli, Olga; Giuffrida, Leonardo M.; Spagnolo, … - 2023

Economics and innovation scholars have long recognized the potential of public procurement to trigger innovation. To what extent has this potential been realized so far? What can be done to improve the performance of PPI in this regard? This paper addresses these issues by providing a literature...

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Strategic management in public procurement : the role of dynamic capabilities in equity and efficiency

Cappelletti, Matilde; Giuffrida, Leonardo M.; Heaton, Sohvi - 2023

A key issue in strategic management in the public sector is how government creates economic and social value through procurement. Unfortunately, most procurement studies are based on contract theories, which fail to incorporate the growing role of strategic management in performance. We fill...

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What are the priorities of bureaucrats? : evidence from conjoint experiments with procurement officials

Tukiainen, Janne; Blesse, Sebastian; Bohne, Albrecht; … - 2021 - This version: March 25, 2021

A well-functioning bureaucracy is a precondition for efficient public goods provision. However, bureaucratic decision-making is still largely seen as a black box. We provide novel insights into the preferences of bureaucrats regarding their work outcomes. We focus on a major public sector...

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Buyers' workload and R&D procurement outcomes : evidence from the US Air Force Research Lab

Giuffrida, Leonardo M.; Raiteri, Emilio - 2021

Does workload constitute a bottleneck to a public agency’s mission, and if so, to what extent? We ask these questions in the context of the US government’s procurement of R&D. We link tender, contract, patent, and office records to the identity of the officer responsible for the procurement...

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Centralized procurement and delivery times : evidence from a natural experiment in Italy

Clark, Robert; Coviello, Decio; Leverano, Adriano de - 2021

We study how delivery times and prices for hospital medical devices respond to the introduction of centralized procurement. Our identification strategy leverages a legislative change in Italy that mandated centralized purchases for a sub-set of devices. The statutory centralization generated a...

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The effect of discretion on procurement performance

Coviello, Decio; Guglielmo, Andrea; Spagnolo, Giancarlo - 2016

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