procurement of innovation policies. The case study findings suggest that few of the challenges innovating SME's are facing would … be ameliorated by developing public procurement of innovation policies specifically targeting SME promotion. Research ….Originality/value: Unlike many studies and policy reports connecting ostensibly public procurement of innovation policies with SME promotion …

We analyze wartime prosthetic device patents to investigate how demand and procurement policy can shape medical … more cost-conscious procurement model during the Civil War. Third, we find that inventors emphasized dimensions of product … historical record, across wars. We conclude that procurement environments can significantly shape the scientific problems with …

revision. The main finding is that the impact of innovation and procurement on the cost and value position of a company is …