Innovation on demand—Can public procurement drive market success of innovations?

Aschhoff, Birgit; Sofka, Wolfgang

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2009.06.011

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“…The European Union (EU) policymakers have increasingly encouraged "public procurement of innovative products and services" as a policy instrument for raising private sector R&D investment in member states [1]. The documented outcomes indicate that public procurement has significant positive effects on innovation [28]. It is less clear if and how this normative recommendation is operationalized in IS procurements.…”

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Challenges in Information Systems Procurement in the Norwegian Public Sector

Moe

Päivärinta

2011

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract. Public procurement of information systems (IS) and IS services provides several challenges to the stakeholders involved in the procurement processes. This paper reports initial results from a Delphi study, which involved 46 experienced procurement managers, chief information officers, and vendor representatives in the Norwegian public sector. The participants identified altogether 98 challenges related to IS procurement, divided further into 13 categories: requirements specification, change management, cooperation among stakeholders, competence, competition, contracting, inter-municipal cooperation, governmental management, procurement process, rules and regulations, technology and infrastructure, vendors, and IT governance. The results contribute by supporting a few previous findings from conceptual and case-based studies, and by suggesting additional issues which deserve both further research and managerial and governmental attention. As such, the results provide altogether a rich overview of the IS procurement challenges in the Norwegian public context.

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Challenges in Information Systems Procurement in the Norwegian Public Sector

Moe

Päivärinta

2011

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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“…A growing literature has laid out the rationales for using public procurement to promote innovation, assessing its impacts as well as identifying the underlying practices and barriers associated with their effective implementation (Aschhoff and Sofka, 2009;Edler and Georghiou, 2007;Georghiou et al 2014;Edquist et al, 2015;Edquist and Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, 2012;Rolfstam, 2013;Uyarra et al, 2014). However the geographical dimension of these practices is seldom discussed.…”

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Anchoring the innovation impacts of public procurement to place: The role of conversations

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Flanagan²,

Zabala‐Iturriagagoitia

2017

Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

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Public procurement is frequently touted as a means of promoting innovation at the sub-national level, but the underlying mechanisms through which this is supposed to work are seldom articulated. In particular, while the relevance of social interaction for innovation is offered as a key rationale for the use of public procurement for innovation (PPI), there is little discussion of its corresponding spatial dimensions. This paper contributes to this debate by advancing our understanding of the spatial aspects of PPI and thus of the scope for using public procurement to achieve regional innovation policy goals. We connect the PPI literature with the literatures on innovation-driven regional development around the notion of 'conversations' to capture the spatial and social aspects of interactions relevant for PPI. Different forms of spatial anchoring of procurement, presenting different challenges and opportunities for regions, are explored. We provide illustrative examples for each type, from which implications are derived for promoting place-based 'innovationfriendly' procurement.

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“…Aschhoff and Sofka (2009) sought to quantify the effects of general public procurement on innovation, and to compare these effects with other determinants of innovation. A survey of 1100 innovative firms in Germany was used, with effects differentiated by firm size, industry and geographic location.…”

Section: Main Evaluation Findings For Innovation-oriented Public Procmentioning

confidence: 99%