Public Procurement's Place in the World - (Central Issues in Contemporary Economic Theory and Policy) by G Piga & F Decarolis & M Frey (Hardcover)

About the Book

"With up to 20% of GDP being used on public procurement, it accounts for a significant part of the global economy. This volume addresses different issues related to green innovation procurement as well as exploring the challenges involved in public procurement. The studies offer 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. The evidence presented covers a variety of different countries including, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands and several African countries. Reflecting the different areas of expertise of the authors, the studies draw from Economics, Engineering, Law and Organization approaches to public procurement and use both theoretical and empirical methods to produce a comprehensive analysis. Accordingly, they contain policy suggestions that are likely to be useful for the design of policies in these areas of public procurement, which are hotly debated topics both in the policy and academic circles. "--

Book Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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