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Public Procurement’s Place in the World

The Charge Towards Sustainability and Innovation

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  1. Francesco Decarolis

    1. Boston University, USA

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  2. Marco Frey

    1. Institute of Management, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Francesco Decarolis, Marco Frey
      Pages 1-9

  3. Green Procurement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. The Contribution of Green Public Procurement to Energy Efficiency Governance in Buildings

      • Eleonora Annunziata, Francesco Testa, Marco Frey, Fabio Iraldo
      Pages 13-35

    3. Sustainable Procurement in Practice: Explaining the Degree of Sustainable Procurement from an Organisational Perspective

      • Jolien Grandia, Sandra Groeneveld, Ben Kuipers, Bram Steijn
      Pages 37-62

    4. A Holistic Approach to Developing Existing Building Commissioning in European Public Real Estate

      • Vittorio Cesarotti, Caterina Spada, Raffaela Rotunno, Ernesto Casara, Daniele Di Fausto, Nicola Martinelli et al.
      Pages 63-90

  4. Innovation Procurement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
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    2. Public Procurement for Innovation in Small States. The Case of Latvia

      • Aleksandrs Cepilovs
      Pages 93-130

    3. A Conjecture on Institutional Rationalities and Property Rights in Public Procurement of Innovation

      • Robert Ågren, Max Rolfstam
      Pages 131-151

  5. Challenges in Public Procurement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    2. Favouritism and Inefficiency in Procurement: Evidence from Public Works in Italy

      • Francesco Decarolis, Cristina Giorgiantonio
      Pages 155-183

    3. Public Procurement and Corruption in Africa: A Literature Review

      • Andrea Appolloni, Jean Marie Mushagalusa Nshombo
      Pages 185-208

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 209-210
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About this book

This volume addresses different issues related to green innovation procurement as well as exploring the challenges involved in public procurement. It offers a broad array of perspectives, addressing both general, abstract problems of optimal public procurement and concrete cases of national or even local public procurement systems.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Boston University, USA

    Francesco Decarolis

  • Institute of Management, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy

    Marco Frey

About the editors

Eleonora Annunziata; Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy Marco Frey; Bocconi University, Itlay Fabio Iraldo; Bocconi University, Italy Francesco Testa; Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy Jolien Grandia Sandra Groeneveld Ben Kuipers; Erasmus University, Netherlands Bram Steijn; Erasmus University, Netherlands Vittorio Cesarotti; 'Tor Vergata' University, Italy Ernesto Casara; eFM S.r.l., Italy Daniele Di Fausto; eFM S.r.l., Italy Giovanni La Bella; EniServizi S.p.A., San Donato Milanese Nicola Martinelli; eFM S.r.l., Italy Raffaele Rotunno; Tor Vergata University, Italy Caterina Spada; Tor Vergata University, Italy Massimo Varani; eFM S.r.l., Italy Aleksandrs Cepilovs; Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia Robert Ågren; Lund University, Sweden Max Rolfstam; Aalborg University, Denmark Francesco Decarolis; Boston University, USA Cristina Giorgiantonio; Bank of Italy Andrea Appolloni; Tor Vergata University, Italy Jean Marie Mushagalusa Nshombo; Tor Vergata University, Italy

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