, and experimental work. All studies deal with the innovation effects of public procurement, that is, the purchase by … governments of goods and services. The idea that public procurement can stimulate innovation originates from the seminal work of … Joseph Schumpeter and Jacob Schmookler, which suggests that innovation is sensible to general demand conditions. However …

Public Technology Procurement and Innovation studies public technology procurement as an instrument of innovation … research literature on the economics of innovation. Similarly, preoccupation with `supply-side' measures has led policy … obstacles to the use of public technology procurement as a means of stimulating and supporting technological innovation …