...Jan Jääskeläinen; Janne Tukiainen; Tuomas Hiilamo; Kirsi-Maria Magga Purpose This paper aims to study the extent and determinants of competition, entry and the effect of competition on prices in public procurement using rich data from Finland. Design/methodology/approach This paper applies...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Competition COVID Pandemic Supplier selection Covid-19, apart from the dramatic economic, social and health impacts, disrupted the global supply chains, leading to market shortages. Governments worldwide tried to mitigate...

... competitive landscape within the EU public procurement market, bolstering EU values. However, its potential to prolong public procurement procedures and create uncertainties regarding their outcomes could pose challenges, possibly affecting the effectiveness of public procurement regulations. Only time...

...Garima Bhagat; Kumar Neeraj Jha Purpose With the surge in public procurement, especially in developing countries, ensuring fair competition in procurement has assumed paramount importance. Academic endeavors in the domain of competition issues have often lacked the views of field-level...

... of this article (for both commercial & non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Competition Deterrence Monitoring Oversight Watchdog authority...

... This study shows the possibility that other institutional factors apart from bonus points affect competition. The characteristic factors of USPs can affect the decision to participate in the tender from the perspective of potential bidders. Originality/value Recent studies on USPs have mainly focused...

... with graphical analysis, revealed that CAs from Group 2 tend to enjoy more bids per tender, that is, more intense competition. Social implications The paper allows decision-makers and legislators to understand the relationship between the time CAs choose to keep their notices open for bidding and the number...

... whereby honest firms increasingly opt out of public procurements, further increasing corruption, decreasing competition and reducing value for money. This paper explores the effects of procurement corruption and other factors through a unique survey of vendors registered to sell goods and services...