... purchasing and procurement practices lead to three research questions, which this paper aims to address: 1. What are the theoretical proclaimed similarities and differences between private sourcing and public procurement? 2. To what extent are the similarities and differences addressed...

... examined. This paper provides empirical evidence that much progress has been achieved in strategic procurement in government and suggests areas for continuous improvement. Why, then, is there so much recent interest in single sourcing? One major factor has been interest in Japanese management practices...