Raising the public administration's efficiency is, without any doubt, one of the greatest challenges nowadays in Brazil. The State's technical and allocative efficiency dimensions necessarily require efficiency of public agencies in the acquisition of inputs for their production and supply...

Public procurement refers to the process through which the government seeks to obtain services, materials and equipment needed to operate in accordance with laws and regulations. Although public procurement is mainly oriented to attend government demands, it is acknowledged by scholars in this...

Over the last decade, the defense industry has consistently obtained relevance on the agenda of public policies of the Brazilian government, among which it is worth highlighting the National Defense Industry Policy (2005), the National Defense Strategy (2008), and the Greater Brazil Plan (2011)....

The Covid-19 pandemic exposed the fragility of institutional supply arrangements to the world and sparked predatory competition among buyers. In this context, the rationalization of demand and use of medical inputs and the centralized management o these acquisitions are recommended strategies,...

This study is intended to verify the effects of recent regulatory changes in the National School Feeding Program (Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar - PNAE), in particular the insertion of agriculture as a public to be prioritized in the purchase of food, on its potential contribution to...

Policies aiming to increase participation of small business in government procurement are instruments used in several countries of the world and involve the allocation of resources equivalent to almost 18% of Gross World Product (GWP). However, few studies have verified how effective are the...

Offset agreements represent a mechanism widely used by national governments, from which they pursue economic, commercial, industrial and technological benefits. It is the most popular and sophisticated counter-trade instrument, underpinning government procurement policy, involving a wide range...

It should be emphasized the role assumed by government procurement policy in the list of public policies since this mechanism can be used to achieve a wide range of objectives. Moreover, this importance becomes even more evident when the high proportion of government purchasing power vis-à-vis...

Social management is presented as a counterpoint to the strategic management to the extent that its dialogic nature promotes participation and sharing of decisions. In this context, in the midst of the Brazilian re-democratization process, emerge instances and mechanisms of social participation,...