Abstract: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 better chances of awarding smaller or more specialized contracts. This paper aims to investigate whether this widely accepted assumption is correct.
Design/methodology/approach
This article examines four hypotheses about the factors that influence SME success in public procurement. The empirical analysis uses real data from 380 cont… Show more
“…Limited studies to date have focused on identifying mechanisms for public procurement organizations to engage small businesses successfully (Eßig & Glas, ; Glas & Eßig, ; Lee & Klassen, ). Table lists these studies.…”
Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It has also been shown that they recognize the potential strategic role of public procurement contracting in implementing these policies. Some research evidence has shown that small businesses are dissatisfied with efforts and performance of engaging them in public procurement contracts (Glas & Eßig, ). In line with this, and guided by the framework provided previously in Figure , a third research question is asked:RQ3: What are public procurement and small business perceptions of performance of mechanisms to impact small business capacity and predisposition to engage in public contracts?…”
Public procurement is the commercial arm of governments, contracting for goods, and services to feed public sector service provision. However, mainstream operations and supply chain management journals have published little on supply chains to governments, public procurement, and the significance of engaging small businesses in government supply chains. Policy feedback theory and thirteen coproduced international case studies of public procurement and small business agency dyadic relationships are used to explore this space. The research highlights the importance of both public procurement and small business as areas of policy and supply chain management research. Policy feedback theory is introduced as a means to understand relationships and is applied to a coproduction study to understand how supply chain management research can both explore and change policy.
“…Limited studies to date have focused on identifying mechanisms for public procurement organizations to engage small businesses successfully (Eßig & Glas, ; Glas & Eßig, ; Lee & Klassen, ). Table lists these studies.…”
Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It has also been shown that they recognize the potential strategic role of public procurement contracting in implementing these policies. Some research evidence has shown that small businesses are dissatisfied with efforts and performance of engaging them in public procurement contracts (Glas & Eßig, ). In line with this, and guided by the framework provided previously in Figure , a third research question is asked:RQ3: What are public procurement and small business perceptions of performance of mechanisms to impact small business capacity and predisposition to engage in public contracts?…”
Public procurement is the commercial arm of governments, contracting for goods, and services to feed public sector service provision. However, mainstream operations and supply chain management journals have published little on supply chains to governments, public procurement, and the significance of engaging small businesses in government supply chains. Policy feedback theory and thirteen coproduced international case studies of public procurement and small business agency dyadic relationships are used to explore this space. The research highlights the importance of both public procurement and small business as areas of policy and supply chain management research. Policy feedback theory is introduced as a means to understand relationships and is applied to a coproduction study to understand how supply chain management research can both explore and change policy.
“…A main approach to improve the status of small-and medium-sized companies in public procurement is to separate tenders into lots, as such enterprises may have increased opportunities of awarding reduced or specially designed contracts, but a significant volume of lots in a tender may not boost the success level of small-and medium-sized enterprises. Other determinants, e.g., the type of public procurement method, the amount of involved organizations, and the entire tender quantity, considerably determine their positive result [71].…”
Research has identified that there is a paucity of reviews covering green public procurement (GPP) in terms of environmentally responsible behavior and sustainability policy adoption. Using, comprehensively, the most recent (2017–2020) and relevant (Web of Science- and Scopus-indexed) empirical sources, our paper fills the gap in the literature by focusing on the main developing streams of research, that is: How GPP drives the circular economy; GPP of construction and building materials; environmental and supply chain management measures in GPP; the procurement of sustainable innovation; environmental policy objectives of GPP as regards energy, pollution, carbon footprint, and climate change; GPP as an environmental policy mechanism for production and use of sustainable goods and services; and GPP as an integral component of sustainable development and performance. Further investigations can explore hot topics related to the role of GPP in the automated algorithmic decision-making processes taking place in data-driven smart sustainable cities because the harnessing, among other things, of sensing and computing technologies, network connectivity systems, and the Cognitive Internet of Things will fulfill the incessant exigencies of public administration.
“…Legislativa upravující zadávání veřejných zakázek má obecně tři základní cíle: podporovat transparentnost, vyšší konkurenci a efektivnost ceny (Glas, Eßig, 2018). Řízení nákupu prošlo v posledních desetiletích velkou proměnou, související zejména s využíváním metod e-procurementu, tedy nástrojů umožňujících elektronické pořízení zboží či služeb pomocí internetu.…”
Impact of Selected Factors on the Results of Electronic Reverse Auctions In the study, we focus on examining the impact of selected factors on the results of electronic reverse auctions and thus the savings achieved. The study extends the knowledge of extant literature to empirical insights and uses currently the broadest sample of approximately 16,000 e-auction cases. The study confirms that the savings calculation method and the use of a comparative or initial price affect the outcome of the auction as well as the individual selected factors entering the model (e-auction value, number of changes, number of extensions, number of bidders, number of items).
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