Public Procurement as Secondary Policy

Axioms and Perspectives

Max Rolfstam (Autor)

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146 Seiten

2026
Routledge (Verlag)
9781138219243 (ISBN)

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The aim of this excellent new work is to provide an extended analysis of public procurement used as an innovation policy instrument. It will be of interest to both academics and policy makers in the fields of public management, public administration and policy and related disciplines.

The role of public procurement as a means to implement secondary policy has been increasingly emphasised in the last few decades. Besides being the primary sourcing instrument for public agencies, public procurement could be used to stimulate all kinds of new behaviour, including innovation, sustainability and energy efficiency. The evolution and diffusion of these principles and practices have been preceded by debates and discussions where certain axioms have played an important role to shape the agenda. Axioms are rarely debated, ‘self-evident’ and taken-for-granted assumptions about the real world. This book examines four axioms which have been used in the debates regarding using public procurement as an instrument for secondary policy implementation - the assumption of demand as the driver of innovation, the promotion of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the negligence of measuring, and the use of functional specification.

This book will be of interest to both academics and policymakers in the fields of public management, public administration and policy and related disciplines.

Max Rolfstam has over the years collaborated with researchers, policymakers and practitioners in many projects aiming at learning more about how public procurement can be used as a leaver for change and innovation. This is his second monograph on the topic.

1. Introduction 2. Putting Axioms into Context 3. Demand and Supply in Innovation 4. More SMEs in Public Procurement: Would it Lead to Innovation? 5. Measuring the Effects of Public Procurement 6. Exploring Specification in Public Procurement of Innovation 7. Afterword: Axioms put into Perspective

Erscheinungsdatum	16.12.2025
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management
Zusatzinfo	12 Tables, black and white; 2 Line drawings, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Logistik / Produktion
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation
ISBN-13	9781138219243 / 9781138219243
Zustand	Neuware