This paper reviews critique of procurement approaches within the petroleum and natural gas
sectors, whilst concurrently unveiling and scrutinizing the elements that amplify and shape …

Recommending the identity of bidders in public procurement auctions (tenders) has a
significant impact in many areas of public procurement, but it has not yet been studied in …

Delays in contractor selection are widespread and often costly in public procurement. This
paper is the first thorough empirical examination of a common view held by practitioners and …

We investigate the impact of public procurement on business survival. Using Italy as a
laboratory, we construct a large‐scale dataset of firms—covering balance‐sheet, income …

Governments have sought to respond to increasing pressures to accomplish aims with
efficiency and at low cost. A perception of the potential for corruption and waste of public …

Procuring an innovation involves motivating a research effort to generate a new idea and
then implementing that idea efficiently. If research efforts are unverifiable and …

Public technology innovation procurement plays an essential role in alleviating current
major social challenges. In the process of government procurement, the hidden adverse …

E-marketplaces are expanding in most sectors, particularly in the construction industry,
contributing to a new effort aimed at improving its efficiency. However, such improvement …

There is widespread concern that incentive mechanisms based on past performance may
hinder entry in procurement markets. We report results from a laboratory experiment …

The public procurement process plays an important role in the efficient use of public
resources. In this context, the evaluation of machine learning techniques that are able to …