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Modelling the performance effects of strategic partnerships and supplier development in South African clothing firms

Matsoma, Ntombizodwa J.; Ambe, Intaher M. - 2026

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Misallocation in firm production : a nonparametric analysis using procurement lotteries

Carrillo, Paul E.; Donaldson, Dave; Pomeranz, Dina; … - 2026

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Misallocation in firm production : a nonparametric analysis using procurement lotteries

Carrillo, Paul E.; Donaldson, Dave; Pomeranz, Dina; … - 2026

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Misallocation in firm production : a nonparametric analysis using procurement lotteries

Carrillo, Paul E.; Donaldson, Dave; Pomeranz, Dina; … - 2023

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Misallocation in Firm Production : A Nonparametric Analysis Using Procurement Lotteries

Carrillo, Paul E.; Donaldson, Dave; Pomeranz, Dina; … - 2023

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Rating government procurement markets

Deryugina, Tatyana; Zaldokas, Alminas; Fedyk, Anastassia; … - 2025

We develop a novel, scalable method for assessing the quality of public procurement systems using standard administrative data. Our approach compares the distribution of procurement opportunities to the distribution of contract awards across firms. We first derive a simple theoretical benchmark...

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Rating government procurement markets

Deryugina, Tatyana; Žaldokas, Alminas; Fedyk, Anastassia; … - 2025

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Firms' legality and efficiency : evidence from public procurement

Iossa, Elisabetta; Latour, Chiara - 2025

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Bidding for contracts under uncertain demand : skewed bidding and risk sharing

Luo, Yao; Takahashi, Hidenori - 2025

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Bidding for contracts under uncertain demand : skewed bidding and risk sharing

Luo, Yao; HidenoriTakahasi, Hidenori - 2022

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Profit-share auctions in procurement

Bos, Olivier; Fugger, Nicolas; Onderstal, Sander - 2025

We investigate profit-share auctions in a procurement context,comparing them with traditional cash auctions to identify which mechanism yields lower expenses for buyers. We also explore whether specifying a high project value in profit-share auction contracts influences supplier bidding...

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Profit-share auctions in procurement

Bos, Olivier; Fugger, Nicolas; Onderstal, Sander - 2025

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Theorizing meta-organizations' role in addressing societal problems : hybridizing institutional logics to tackle modern slavery

Rogerson, Michael; Grosvold, Johanne; Crane, Andrew - 2025

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Knowledge transformation in purchasing and supply management : a process perspective

Kelly, Stephen; Bals, Lydia; Stek, Klaas; Schulze, Heike; … - 2025

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Public procurement vs. regulated competition in selection markets

Cuesta, José Ignacio; Tebaldi, Pietro - 2025

A common approach to markets with adverse selection is to regulate competition to minimize inefficiencies, while preserving consumer choice among firms. We study the role of procurement auctions - leading to sole provision by the winning firm - as an alternative market design. Relative to...

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Does the value of procurement influence the performance in public procurement?

Ungureanu, Cosmin Ilie - 2025

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Scoring and cartel discipline in procurement auctions

Ortner, Juan; Chassang, Sylvain; Kawai, Kei; … - 2025

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Donor-funded procurement determinants and effectiveness of procurement in the public health medical laboratory services : examining the mediating factors

Mayavo, Crossman; Saruchera, Fanny - 2024

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Analysing the sustainability of procurement in family businesses: A study of measurable investments and practices based on ESG principles

Schmidt, Philipp - 2024

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Analysing the sustainability of procurement in family businesses : a study of measurable investments and practices based on ESG principles

Schmidt, Philipp - 2024

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Can lotteries help fix procurement failures? : a review of theory and evidence

Estache, Antonio; Foucart, Renaud; Serebrisky, Tomás - 2024

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Tariff rate uncertainty and the structure of supply chains

Heise, Sebastian; Pierce, Justin R.; Schaur, Georg; … - 2024

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Show your hand : the impacts of fair pricing requirements in procurement contracting

Nathan, Brad - 2024

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Rules, discretion, corruption, and efficient sole-sourcing in procurement

Amegashie, J. Atsu - 2024

I study a model of procurement with moral hazard and adverse selection. The procurer is either corrupt or honest and can choose between sole-sourcing and competitive tender. I compare two procurement regulations: no sole-sourcing is allowed (rigid regulation) and sole-sourcing is allowed in an...

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Rules, Discretion, Corruption, and Efficient Sole-Sourcing in Procurement

Amegashie, J. Atsu - 2024

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The critical role of procurement in the emergence of circular business models : insights from multiple cases of Vietnamese manufacturers

Tanveer, Umair; Thinh Gia Hoang; Huy Quang Truong; … - 2024

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Multiperiod model for disaster management in simultaneous disasters

Rodriguez-Espindola, Oscar - 2024

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Guidance on how to balance the purchasing environment and processes to save resources : a validity examination of a holistic model

Wittinger, Maria M.; Demeter, Krisztina - 2024

Despite the evolution of purchasing operations over many years, a comprehensive perspective is lacking in practice, leading to inefficiencies. This study aims to validate a model designed to guide how to balance the purchasing environment. It comprehensively delineates the general pattern (a...

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An assessment of supplier development in the Zimbabwean cotton industry

Mukucha, Paul; Chari, Felix - 2024

Supplier development in the form of contract farming has become the main sourcing strategy in agro-processing industry. However, it is not yet clear from the extant literature how investments in contract farming contribute towards yield per yield. More specifically, this study sought to...

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A critical analysis of social procurement obstacles : insights from contractors and clients in Botswana

Kuruneri, Joseph; Obadire, Ayodeji Michael; Dube, Muneinashe - 2026

This study aims to examine the barriers associated with the implementation of social procurement (SP) from the vantage points of contractors and clients as key stakeholders in the Botswana construction industry. The study further offers recommendations to mitigate these identified barriers,...

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Integrating big data into sustainable supply chain management : a pathway to enhanced firm performance in Ghana's food and beverage sector

Nyamah, Edmond Yeboah; Nyamah, Evelyn Yeboah; Agbodza, Mavis - 2026

The study examines how big data analytics moderate the relationship between sustainable supply chain management practices, specifically sustainable design, procurement, and distribution, and impact firm performance in Ghana's food and beverage manufacturing sector.Data were gathered from 295...

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Government arrears and corporate policies : lessons from a natural experiment

Abad, José M.; Bermejo, Vicente J.; Cuñat, Vicente; … - 2026

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Investments in first-price and second-price procurement auctions

Ceesay, Muhammed; Doni, Nicola; Menicucci, Domenico - 2026

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Procuring for social responsibility? : a micro-institutionalist analysis of shaping factors, operational tensions and unintended outcomes

Harrison, Deborah - 2026

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Health budget execution and procurement systems : the state of play in Malawi

Nkhoma, Dominic; Pezza, Alessandro Ramella; Manthalu, Gerald - 2026

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Integrated strategic sourcing of critical raw materials in an era of global disruptions

Hunger, Tom; Erfurth, Philipp Jens; Arnold, Marlen; … - 2026

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The economic returns of firms' political connections

Melo, Lucas Braga de; Pinho Neto, Valdemar Rodrigues de - 2026

This paper analyzes the economic returns to political connections in Brazilian local elections, focusing not only on traditional campaign donations but also on two novel channels: firms that provide goods or services to candidates during campaigns and firms' owners affiliated with parties within...

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Leading in spending, lagging in innovation : German defence procurement compared to the UK and Poland

Wolff, Guntram B.; Binder, Johannes; Morgan, Thomas - 2026

• This report is built on an update of the Kiel Military Procurement Tracker, covering the UK, Poland and Germany up to January 2026. We show that orders have grown rapidly in frequency, size and number since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In 2025, German military...

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An integrated analytics approach to multi-project scheduling and material procurement with coordinated hub location

Mazaheri, Sasan; Ahmadi, Mahsa; Heidari, Ali; Hakimi, … - 2026

This study presents an integrated framework combining multi-project scheduling, material procurement, and the hub location problem to simultaneously minimize project completion times and overall project and logistics costs. To address the challenge of allocating high-cost renewable resources, we...

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Procuring innovation through bid preference : an experiment

Camboni, Riccardo; Corazzini, Luca; Galavotti, Stefano; … - 2026

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Discretionary procurement flexibilization, efficiency, and rent-seeking : evidence from Chile during COVID-19

Castro, Edgar; Yarygina, Anastasiya; Villalba, Matias - 2026

This paper examines the effects of increased bureaucratic discretion in public procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile, when the government relaxed restrictions on direct deals and expanded discretionary authority for small contracts. While greater discretion can lower administrative...

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Procurement Literacy Capability Theory (PLCT) : development and validation

Oppong, Priscilla Boafowaa; Adam, Anokye M. - 2026

Background: Ethical challenges in public procurement are often addressed through compliance approaches that stress rule awareness. These perspectives, however, offer limited insight into how ethical intentions form before professional practice. This study develops and empirically validates the...

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Sourcing risk in supply chains : a systematic literature review

Bin Hameed, Hameem; Strozzi, Fernanda; Puliga, Gloria; … - 2026

Background: This study explores sourcing risk in supply chains by identifying key risk categories, trends, and management strategies. It responds to increased vulnerabilities exposed by recent global disruptions such as the COVID-19 pandemic and geopolitical conflicts. Methods: The research...

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Set-aside auctions and small businesses' participation in public procurement : an empirical analysis

Shagbazian, Gegam; Valbonesi, Paola; Tkachenko, Andrey; … - 2026

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Competition, procurement and learning-by-doing in the space launch industry

Su, Ruibing; Yang, Chenyu; Sweeting, Andrew - 2026

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Enhancing complex procurement negotiation with a hybrid MADM approach

Santos, Hugo B.; Água, Pedro B.; Frias, Armindo - 2026

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Study on factors affecting e-procurement adoption and its impact on the procurement performance of the telecommunication industry in Sri Lanka

Fernando, Chrishley; Dissanayake D. M. R. - 2026

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Optimising procurement process in building material retail supply chain : a business process improvement approach

Gabriella, Maria; Legowo, Nilo - 2026

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Comparing public-private partnership with traditional delivery of transportation projects : a duration analysis

Zhang, Kunqi; Geddes, R. Richard; Cui, Qingbin - 2026

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Indirect savings from public procurement centralization

Lotti, Clarissa; Muço, Arieda; Spagnolo, Giancarlo; … - 2024

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Indirect savings from public procurement centralization

Lotti, Clarissa; Muço, Arieda; Spagnolo, Giancarlo; … - 2023

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Indirect savings from public procurement centralization

Lotti, Clarissa; Spagnolo, Giancarlo - 2022

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Indirect savings from public procurement centralization

Lotti, Clarissa; Spagnolo, Giancarlo - 2022

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Austerity, political control and supplier selection in English local government : implications for autonomy in multi-level systems

Eckersley, Peter; Flynn, Anthony; Ferry, Laurence; … - 2023

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Digitalisation of the source-to-contract process: evaluation and proof of concept

Hofbauer, Günter; Kececioglu, Selin - 2023

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Bureaucratic frictions and innovation procurement

Giuffrida, Leonardo M.; Raiteri, Emilio - 2023

Is work overload a friction to public agencies? Using data on R&D procurements, patents, and contracting units from a US federal agency, we investigate how officer workload impacts innovation procurement outcomes. Unanticipated retirement shifts provide an exogenous source of variation that we...

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Public procurement and reputation : an agent-based model

Fiorino, Nadia; Galli, Emma; Rizzo, Ilde; Valente, Marco - 2023

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Public procurement and reputation : an agent-based model

Fiorino, Nadia; Galli, Emma; Rizzo, Ilde; Valente, Marco - 2018

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Procurement skills and procurement performance in public organizations : the mediating role of procurement planning

Changalima, Ismail Abdi; Mdee, Anjela Ewald - 2023

Skills are important qualities that procurement practitioners should have because they are relevant to procurement activities. Given its significance, this study investigates the influence of procurement skills on procurement performance in public organizations in Tanzania. Furthermore, the...

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The evolution of reforms and the state of competition in public procurement in the Philippines

Navarro, Adoracion M. - 2023

In the literature on Philippine public procurement, knowledge gaps exist in terms of coverage of period of reform implementation and scope of reform application. This study helps close these gaps by analyzing Philippine public procurement history up to the years of application of the 2016...

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The evolution of reforms and the state of competition in public procurement in the Philippines

Navarro, Adoracion M. - 2023

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Outsourcing via reverse auction with a built-in menu of change orders

Wolfstetter, Elmar - 2023

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Outsourcing via reverse auction with a built‐in menu of change orders

Wolfstetter, Elmar G. - 2022

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The effects of strategic procurement 4.0 performance on organizational competitiveness in the circular economy

Corboș, Răzvan-Andrei; Bunea, Ovidiu-Iulian; … - 2023

Background: This study aims to identify how and if strategic procurement 4.0 performance influences competitiveness under circular economy conditions. In this regard, to achieve the aim of the study, we examine the moderating and mediating effects of strategic procurement 4.0 performance. In...

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