Public procurement for innovation represents one of the least studied demand-side innovation policy tools that can be used to increase urban competitiveness. Evidence suggests that local and regional governments are becoming more involved in procuring innovative solutions, but overall knowledge...

In the discourse on innovation policy, there are two major approaches to the measures used, supply-side instruments and the demand-side. Previously supply-side policy instruments (e.g. R&D subsidies, tax breaks, grants) dominated but the approach has been transformed substantially during the...

This paper summarizes the main findings from the 11 country chapters presented in our forthcoming edited volume, Public Procurement, Innovation and Policy: International Perspectives(Springer, 2013); the paper appears in the book as the concluding chapter. We categorize the current public...

Foreword -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Public Procurement and Innovation: Theory and Practice -- 3 Australia -- 4 Brazil.- 5 China.- 6 Denmark -- 7 Estonia -- 8 Greece -- 9 Hong Kong -- 10 Korea. -- 11 Sweden.- 12 United Kingdom -- 13 United States of America -- 14 Public Procurement, Innovation and...