Walker, Helen; Knight, Louise; Harland, Christine - In: European Management Journal 24 (2006) 1, pp. 95-105
In the UK public sector, procurement decisions for outsourced services are usually taken at a local level, for example by a hospital trust or a local government authority. Cumulatively, these fragmented decisions can lead to 'imbalanced' supply markets (too few or too many suppliers), to the...