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Predicting the performance of conservation tenders when information on bidders's costs is limited
Schilizzi, Steven; Latacz-Lohmann, Uwe - 2009
Buying environmental services from private landholders using tendering mechanisms are usuallysubject to a budget constraint. Auction theory has mostly focused on target-constrained auctionsand is not well developed for this type of auction. This paper examines the predictive capacity of asimple...
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Bargaining Power and Supply Base Diversification
Wan, Zhixi; Beil, Damian R. - 2008
We examine a supply base diversification problem faced by a buyer who periodically holds auctions to award short term … supply contracts among a cohort of suppliers (i.e., the supply base). To mitigate significant cost shocks to procurement, the …
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If You are Offered the Right of First Refusal, Should You Accept? An Investigation of Contract Design
Grosskopf, Brit; Roth, Alvin E. - 2009
Economics
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Understanding and Applying Guaranteed Maximum Price Contracts in Western Australia
Davis, Peter; Stevenson, D. - 2004
application to building procurement in Perth, Western Australia. The objectives were to determine the definition of Guaranteed … over other methods of procurement that included price certainty for the client, a team approach to project delivery and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434898
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Understanding and Applying Guaranteed Maximum Price Contracts in Western Australia
Davis, Peter; Stevenson, D. - 2004
application to building procurement in Perth, Western Australia. The objectives were to determine the definition of Guaranteed … methods of procurement that included price certainty for the client, a team approach to project delivery and faster completion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434992
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Relationship marketing: Its potential to enhance public-private sector initiatives
Faculty of Built Environment, Art and Design
financial interest in procurement of their projects [1]. Reasons for this are cited as: allocation of risk, guaranteed maximum …
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Programmatic risk reduction for large software procurements
Preckshot, G.; Jones, E.; Lawrence, D. - 2009
When making an important decision, program managers must evaluate the risk of each alternative and weigh the trade-offs between one type of risk and another. Program managers are familiar with the concepts of risk analysis and assessment in such areas as human factors, security, and accident...
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Office of Inspector General report on followup audit on the procurement of support services for the Energy Information Administration
2008
This audit was performed to follow up on actions taken in response to the July 1990 report on ``Procurement of Support … making the work suitable for fixed-price contracting. The report made recommendations to the Head of Procurement and the … Administrator, EIA. These recommendations were to comply with procurement regulations by identifying recurring tasks that were …
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A framework for industrial systems modeling and simulation
Macfarlane, J.; Nachnani, S.; Tsai, L.H.; Kaae, P.; … - 2009
To successfully compete in a global market, manufacturing production systems are being forced to reduce time to market and to provide improved responsiveness to changes in market conditions. The organizations that comprise the business links in the production system must constantly make...
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Uranium purchases report 1993
2008
Data reported by domestic nuclear utility companies in their responses to the 1991 through 1993 ``Uranium Industry Annual Survey,`` Form EIA-858, Schedule B,`` Uranium Marketing Activities,`` are provided in response to the requirements in the Energy Policy Act 1992. Appendix A contains an...
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