... and another that concerns public‐private innovation. Findings Extant literature contains limited contributions that compare public procurement practice with private purchasing practice. Using tendering to regulate procurement is troublesome and may hamper the possibility to learn and gain value measured...

...Donna Baines; Ian Cunningham; Ian Cunningham; Dennis Nickson Purpose This paper aims to consider the impact of the European Union procurement regulations. It assesses the impact of the re‐tendering of services on the terms and conditions of employment and sense of well being, and commitment...

...Cees J. Gelderman; Paul W. Th. Ghijsen; Marc J. Brugman Purpose The purpose of this paper is to make a contribution to categorising explanations of non‐compliance of EU tendering directives and to report on a survey study to the impact of these reasons on compliance with the directives. Design...

... to be contributing to their own demise. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Sport Tendering Marketing A number of life‐cycle categorisations have been recorded in the literature, both pertaining to projects (Morris and Hough, 1993; Kerzner, 1995; Lockyer and Gordon, 1996) and also sports events (Torkildsen...

..., describes the effects of using competitive tendering on users, providers, purchasers and citizens and examines the problems of specification, transaction costs, the use of consultants, supply, the level playing field, trust, innovation, local accessibility and accountability. Ends with discussion of co...