Public sector purchasing processes are gaining increasing prominence as a demand‐side
innovation tool for addressing national sustainability challenges. Accordingly, there has …

Public procurement has struggled to fulfill its mission to create public value due to a narrow
interpretation of value emphasizing the costs of procured goods and services. A holistic view …

This paper addresses the main challenges of evaluating the socio-economic impact of high-
tech infrastructures, using Earth observation (EO) as an example. EO is a critical domain of …

Abstract The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear
Research, is the world's highest-energy particle accelerator. Its construction (1995–2008) …

A proposal for using cost-benefit analysis to evaluate the socioeconomic impact of public
investment in large scientific projects. Large particle accelerators, outer space probes …

We study the way in which public procurement by big research infrastructures enhances
suppliers' performance. Using survey data on 669 CERN's suppliers, we built a unique data …

A growing number of empirical studies have shown that public procurement can be a
relevant demand-side innovation policy. We assess the impact of public procurement on …

This paper introduces the special topic forum (STF) on purchasing and innovation.
Presenting the findings from a systematic literature review, we take stock of the current state …

This paper studies the impact of procurement on supplier firms. Specifically, we empirically
investigate the direct and indirect mechanisms through which public procurement influences …

CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is the most important laboratory for
particle physics in the world. It requires cutting edge technologies to deliver scientific …