... purchasing professionals of the Dutch Ministry of Defence is presented. In section 5, the study is completed by summarising the conclusions, providing implications and suggestions for further research. Public procurement European Union Tendering European directives Defence sector...

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... Group Publishing Limited 2004 European directives Public sector reform Rhetoric After a quarter century of the New Public Management (NPM) revolution, experience of change in public organisations suggests that the nimble‐footed self‐reforming institution is a rarity. Reform is most...