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It is never too late: Optimal penalty for investment delay in Italian public procurement contracts

D'Alpaos, Chiara; Moretto, Michele; Valbonesi, Paola; … - 2009

We provide a general framework in which to determine the optimal penalty fee inducing the contractor to respect the contracted delivery date in public procurement contracts (PPCs). We do this by developing a real option model that enables us to investigate the contractor's value of investment...

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"It Is Never too late": Optimal Penalty for Investment Delay in Public Procurement Contracts

Vergalli, Sergio; Chiara D’Alpaos; Moretto, Michele; … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2009

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Commercial Products and Services : Raising the Market Research Bar or Much Ado about Nothing?

Schooner, Steven L. - 2018

This short piece discusses the Federal Circuit's recent decision in Palantir USG, Inc. v. United States, No. 17-1465 (Fed. Cir. September, 2018), affirming that “the Army failed to determine whether commercial items meet or could be modified to meet the agency’s needs and that, by failing to...

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How (Not) to Foster Innovations in Public Infrastructure Projects

Hoppe, Eva I.; Schmitz, Patrick W. - 2019

The government wants an infrastructure-based public service to be provided. First, the infrastructure has to be built; subsequently, it has to be operated. Should the government bundle the building and operating tasks in a public-private partnership? Or should it choose traditional procurement,...

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Governing Public-Private Partnerships: The Problem of Low-Cost Decisions

Mause, Karsten - 2019

In many cases, the expected efficiency advantages of public-private partnership (PPP) projects as a specific form of …

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Make or Buy for Public Services: Culture Matters for Efficiency Considerations

Athias, Laure; Wicht, Pascal - 2024

whether the relative cost-efficiency of public versus private provision varies across cultures. We build a representative …, compared to private provision, increases cost- efficiency within French-speaking Swiss municipalities. These results resonate … efficiency is enhanced through mission matching, but they also unveil that this mission matching is culturally determined. …

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CSR communication and firms' ability to win public procurement contracts

Kaddouri, Ouiam; Saussier, Stéphane - In: European Journal of Management and Business Economics … 31 (2022) 3, pp. 390-407

efficiency of well-ranked firms in our study. CSR reporting is still considered to be a form of communication, even if formal …

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Governing Public-Private Partnerships: The Problem of Low-Cost Decisions

Mause, Karsten - 2019

In many cases, the expected efficiency advantages of public-private partnership (PPP) projects as a specific form of …

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Public sector outsourcing

Poutvaara, Panu; Jordahl, Henrik - In: IZA World of Labor (2020)

labor intensity and increase its efficiency. Costs are usually lower, but quality problems can affect services like health …

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Public-sector outsourcing

Poutvaara, Panu - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)

Outsourcing public provision of services tends to lower labor intensity and increase its efficiency. Costs are usually …

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