Public Procurement for Innovation as mission-oriented innovation policy

Edquist, Charles; Zabala‐Iturriagagoitia, Jon Mikel

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2012.04.022

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“…Compared to regular public procurement involving detailed specification of relevant goods and services, PPI, as a demand-side measure (Edquist, 2012;Lords, 2011;Uyarra, 2014b), requires the translation of the identified challenge into functional specifications relating to performance, quality and desired outcomes (Edquist, 2012). Recent findings suggest that procurers should focus on the whole "cycle of need" (Georghiou, 2014).…”

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“…To ensure that procurement moves beyond regular, input focused procurement, the risk of procuring innovative services needs to be reduced as a risk-averse culture in the public sector often precludes the use of innovative solutions (Georghiou, 2014;Lords, 2011). This may be achieved by collaborative learning and close cooperation between procurement officers and suppliers throughout one or more of the stages of the procurement process (Edquist, 2012;NESTA, 2007). Learning is considered a key dimension of PPI and innovation more generally (Edquist, 2012;Uyarra, 2014 a,b).…”

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“…This may be achieved by collaborative learning and close cooperation between procurement officers and suppliers throughout one or more of the stages of the procurement process (Edquist, 2012;NESTA, 2007). Learning is considered a key dimension of PPI and innovation more generally (Edquist, 2012;Uyarra, 2014 a,b).…”

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“…It also allows the procurers to gain a deeper understanding of supplier offerings. Depending on the extent of collaboration and levels of trust between procurement officers and suppliers, opportunities to develop innovative solutions may arise (Edquist, 2012). Collaborative development of functional specifications creates favourable conditions for innovation by providing suppliers with the flexibility to design and deliver projects without major limitations and by increasing competition (Uyarra, 2014 a, b).…”

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“…In this paper, PFEPCs are understood as a form of public procurement for innovation (PPI) (Edquist, 2012;Edler, 2007;Uyarra, 2014a). The experience with these PFEPCs can provide insights into the opportunities for, benefits of and obstacles to energy performance contracting in the public sector, together with the role of procurement frameworks in diffusing the EPC business model and costeffective energy efficiency measures.…”

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SWPS 2015-31 (November) DisclaimerThe works av ailab le h ere ar e th e resp onsibility of the ind ividu al auth or(s) and do not necess arily repres ent the views of oth er SPRU researchers . As matters of policy and practice, SPRU does not endorse individual research contributions. Guidelines for authorsPapers sh all be submitted in pdf or Word format. They should con tain a title, an abstract, and keyw ords. Pap ers should be submitted to on e of th e Editors, who will process them and send them to th e appropriate Associate Editor. Tw o memb ers of SPRU will be asked to provide a short written rev iew within three weeks. The r evised v ersions of th e pap er, togeth er with a rep ly to the reviewers, should be sent to th e Associate Editor, who will prop ose to th e Editors its publication on th e series. When submitting th e authors shou ld ind icate if th e paper has already undergone peer-reviewing, in which case th e Associate Ed itors may decid e to skip internal review process. The SPRU Working Paper Series aims to accelerate the pub lic av ailab ility of the r esear ch undertaken by SPRU-associated p eople of all categories, and exceptionally, other r esear ch that is of consider able interest within SPRU. It pres ents research r esults that in whole or p art are suitab le for submission to a refereed journal, to a sp onsor, to a major confer ence or to th e editor of a book. Our intention is to provide access to early copies of SPRU research. AcknowledgementsThis research was funded by the Research Councils UK through their support for the Centre on Innovation and Energy Demand (Grant no. EP/KO11790/1). We are grateful to two anonymous referees of the SPRU Working Paper Series (SWPS) for their comments. 2 AbstractProcurement Frameworks for Energy Performance Contracting (PFEPCs) simplify the process of negotiating, developing and implementing Energy Performance Contracts (EPCs) with Energy Service Companies (ESCOs). This paper analyses their role in promoting the implementation of cost-effective energy efficiency measures in the UK public sector. Compared to conventional approaches to procuring goods and services involving detailed specifications, PFEPCs translate the challenge of upgrading, retrofitting and replacing energy related equipment and infrastructures into required outputs through functional specifications. The innovativeness of specific PFEPCs often lies less in the diffusion of 'developmental' innovative energy efficient solutions, although partner bidding approaches create favourable conditions for innovation. However increasing standardisation and bundling prove successful at lowering transaction cost, which enables ESCOs to address projects which would not be considered in the absence of PFEPCs due to high transaction costs. This particular organisational innovation opens the market up to new approaches to implementing costeffective energy efficiency measures.

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Section: Public Procurement and Public Procurement For Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Public Procurement and Public Procurement For Innovationmentioning

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Section: Public Procurement and Public Procurement For Innovationmentioning

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Recently, as supply‐side innovation incentive policies do not work well in China, demand‐side instruments, like the government procurement for innovation, are emphasized. However, as the enterprise may be better informed than the government about its initial technology level and effort, the government faces the dual information asymmetry of adverse selection and moral hazard in the process of procurement. Thus, in this paper, series of quality incentive contract models are proposed to illustrate how the government can identify the initial technology type of the enterprise and motivate it to exert effort to improve the innovation quality.

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Public Procurement for Innovation as mission-oriented innovation policy

Cited by 348 publications

References 11 publications

Innovative Procurement Frameworks for Energy Performance Contracting in the UK Public Sector

Innovative Procurement Frameworks for Energy Performance Contracting in the UK Public Sector

Characterization of the Sectoral Cocoa Innovation System in Cameroon

Quality incentive contract design in government procurement for innovation

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