.... In smaller municipalities, LOV was replaced by public monopoly and in larger municipalities by other types of procurements. Originality/value With its focus on eldercare in party-dominated municipalities, the article adds knowledge to the literature on drivers of re-municipalization but also discusses...

...Geraldine Arbogast Rasheli Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the transaction costs involved in managing procurement contracts in the public sector, particularly at the lower and higher level of local governments from the clients’ perspective. Design/methodology/approach The paper...

... to cooperation research in PPPs. Procurement Accountability Risk management Partnership risk Public-private partnerships Shared ownership Beck (1992) and Giddens (1991) have emphasized risk as an embedded component of modern society. In complex societal systems, it has become increasingly...

...Peter E.D. Love; Peter R. Davis; David Baccarini Purpose The determination of the most appropriate procurement system for a capital works project is a challenging task for public sector clients considering the array of assessment criteria that are considered and the procurement methods...

...Peter E.D. Love; Peter R. Davis; David J. Edwards; David Baccarini Purpose Choosing the appropriate procurement system for construction projects is a complex and challenging task for clients particularly when professional advice has not been sought. To assist with the decision‐making process...

...Filip Roodhooft; Alexandra Van den Abbeele Purpose The aim of this paper is to shed light on the procurement process of consulting services within the public sector and to benchmark the obtained results with practices in the private sector. Design/methodology/approach A two‐stage research...

...Khan Shahadat Procurement by executing agencies, statutory organisations or departments in developing countries responsible for procurement against aid‐funded projects, has received little attention from academic researchers. This study found that executing agencies’ buying decisions are primarily...

...Michael Quayle; Sharon Quayle The impact of strategic procurement is driven by the contribution of the function to overall corporate performance and its interface relationships. The actual impact on corporate performance in the UK further and higher education sectors has been neither empirically...

... consultants by government departments, focusing specifically on the selection decision. The UK and Australia were examined to ensure that the findings were not merely local phenomena. Research focused on the public sector decision makers’ guiding procurement principle, value for money, and the criteria...