and rule-based auction procurement procedures. We show that adopting a two stage approach in which bureaucrats first …

also commonly held that the adoption of e-procurement solutions can be effective in pursuing such an objective. To this end …, we analyze the transactions completed in the period 2004-2007 through the Italian Government's e-procurement platform …, that is, the marketplace managed by the Italian Public Procurement Agency (Consip S.p.A.). Although descriptive statistics …

Drawing on the real-options theory we analyse bidding behaviour in a sealed-bid-first-score procurement auction where …

contracted delivery date in public procurement contracts (PPCs). We do this by developing a real option model that enables us to … optimal penalty should be higher than those set according to the present Italian law. -- Public Procurement Contracts …

when the contract does not provide for any compensation for late-delivery. -- Public Procurement ; Fixed-Price Contracts …