...Stephen P. Ferris; Ryan Flugum; Reza Houston Purpose This study aims to provide an empirical analysis of bid protest outcomes to the US Government Accountability Office ( GAO ) to identify which protest types, firm characteristics and contract features predict success in federal procurement...

...Daniel Iskhakov Purpose This study aims to conduct the first empirical analysis of the effectiveness of the New York City Contract Dispute Resolution Board ( CDRB ) since its establishment in September 1990. The CDRB serves as the final adjudicator of contract disputes between city agencies...

... Norwegian public infrastructure projects were carried out. Findings CNP is a flexible procurement procedure used in projects with different characteristics. CNP clarifies uncertainties and creates a common understanding between the contracting parties in the procurement phase. Even though CNP...

... asymmetry and risk sharing between the public agency and the supplier are of paramount importance. The purpose of this paper is to focus on the contract design issues of PPI. Design/methodology/approach Explicit and implicit contracting methods are reviewed, and a conceptual framework is proposed...