Global Public Procurement Theories and Practices

1. Global Public Procurement: Introduction.- Part I. Procurement Preferences.- 2. Public Procurement in Lithuania: (Dis)Balance between Profitability and Environmental Protection.- 3. Analyzing Local and SME Participation in Public Procurement: Evidence from Seven Cities.- 4. The Social Value in Social Clauses: Methods of Measuring and Evaluation in Social Procurement.- Part II. Performance-based Public Procurement.- 5. A Price Review Framework for Maintenance, Repair and Operations: Procurement Contracts in the Public Sector.- 6. Contractual Governance Mechanisms, Dynamic Capabilities, Transactional Specific Relationships and Supplier Performance in Uganda.- 7. Explaining the Policy-Practice Gap in U.S. Federal Contracting: Institutional Isopraxism and Performance-Based Acquisition.- 8. Quality of Local Environment and Efficiency in Public Works Execution.- 9. Strengthening the Effectiveness of Exclusion Mechanism in Public Procurement.- 10. Promoting Public Procurement of Sustainable Innovations: Approaches for Effective Market Dialogue.- 11. Small Public Procurement Contracts.- 12. The Effect of a Government Target for the Procurement of Innovation: The Case of the UK's Small Business Research.- 13. Public Procurement in TTIP: An Opportunity to Set Global Standards.- PART III. Other Public Procurement Issues.- 14. Asymmetric Information and Integrity Pacts for Public Procurement: A Case Study.- 15. Managing the Risks of Outsourcing a Health Service Function.- 16. Best Practice in South African Construction Procurement Law.- 17. The What, Who, and How of Public Procurement: Job Functions Performed and Managed by Professionals.