public procurement tenders. However, there is no direct or broad empirical evidence on its innovation impact. There are even … doubts about its effectiveness as an innovation policy tool, as it does not require innovations as part of its contracts and …

seen as an attractive and feasible instrument for furthering the goals of innovation policy. However, public procurement is … innovation draws upon a limited set of examples which are not representative of the bulk of public purchasing and tend to … the nature of innovations and in the range of ways that procurement can impact upon innovation. A one-size-fits-all model …