facing a greater choice of procurement methods than ever before. Main contractors and consultants alike are moving towards … locations takes place, while medium sized firms are increasingly struggling to survive. A general procurement model serves to … identify the appropriate procurement approach for construction needs, as neither clients or construction service suppliers …

implies that transaction costs as part of total costs of ownership carry a large weight in procurement decisions. An analysis …

also commonly held that the adoption of e-procurement solutions can be effective in pursuing such an objective. To this end …, we analyze the transactions completed in the period 2004-2007 through the Italian Government's e-procurement platform …, that is, the marketplace managed by the Italian Public Procurement Agency (Consip S.p.A.). Although descriptive statistics …