One of the greatest challenges facing the world today is climate change. The need to
consistently advance with environmentally sustainable practices in today's businesses is …

This paper examines the public procurement policy towards small-and medium-sized
enterprises adopted by the UK coalition government during its five-year term of office from …

Purpose Although small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play major roles in most
economies in terms of job creation, innovation and contribution to national income, they are …

In the EU and especially in Germany, public procurement is bound to a tight legislation that
also sets and enforces strategic goals such as innovation or sustainability. The purpose of …

Public sector employees with responsibility for purchasing are under increasing pressure to
implement small and medium enterprise (SME)-friendly policies. Such policies are intended …

The way that public procurement activities are organized has an impact on the performance
of public institutions. By reviewing the literature on public procurement organization …

Purpose One of the major methods to promote small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
in public procurement is to split tenders into lots. The basic assumption is that SMEs have …

Barriers to small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) participation in public procurement
have been the focus of research for many years. Much less attention has been paid to the …

Purpose This paper aims to inform strategies to enhance public procurement opportunities
for women-owned small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). To do so, the study …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to test the relationship between firms' experience of
small-and medium-size enterprise (SME)-friendly policy and their participation and success …