Public Procurement's Place in the World

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.

Introduction; Francesco Decarolis and Marco Frey PART I: GREEN PROCUREMENT 1. The Contribution of Green Public Procurement to Energy Efficiency Governance in Buildings; Eleonora Annunziata, Marco Frey, Fabio Iraldo and Francesco Testa 2. Sustainable Procurement in Practice: Explaining the Degree of Sustainable Procurement from an Organisational Perspective; Jolien Grandia, Sandra Groeneveld, Ben Kuipers and Bram Steijn 3. A Holistic Approach to Developing Existing Building Commissioning in European Public Real Estate; Vittorio Cesarotti, Ernesto Casara, Daniele Di Fausto, Giovanni La Bella, Nicola Martinelli, Raffaele Rotunno, Caterina Spada and Massimo Varani PART II: INNOVATION PROCUREMENT 4. Public Procurement for Innovation in Small States: The Case of Latvia; Aleksandrs Cepilovs 5. A Conjecture on Institutional Rationalities and Property: Rights in Public Procurement of Innovation; Robert Ågren and Max Rolfstam PART III: CHALLENGES IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT 6. Favouritism and Inefficiency in Procurement: Evidence from Public Works in Italy; Francesco Decarolis and Cristina Giorgiantonio 7. Public Procurement and Corruption in Africa: A Literature Review; Andrea Appolloni and Jean-Marie Mushagalusa Nshombo