The paper aims to evaluate the state of the literature on public procurement through
examination of the works published in the Journal of Public Procurement from 2001 to 2014 …

Purpose This paper aims to demonstrate how public procurement can be strategic.
Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review (SLR) was conducted …

In today's post-modern era, the role of women entrepreneurs in economic development is
inevitable and women are willing to take action in business and contribute to the nation's …

Abstract Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) techniques are mathematical tools that help
decision makers evaluating and ranking in an automatic way many possible alternatives …

Public procurement is the commercial arm of governments, contracting for goods, and
services to feed public sector service provision. However, mainstream operations and …

Purpose‐Lean has long been developed and utilised in the manufacturing setting. Today,
lean seems to be applicable in all organisational settings; and recently, lean has been …

Public procurement fulfils an important role in the economy and public expenditure of a
country and can be regarded as a critical indicator of the effectiveness of a government …

Including environmental criteria in the supplier selection process complicates the decision-
making of purchasers. The increasing pressure on purchasers to include environmental …

Although there is a growing body of research exploring the transition to a more service-
based orientation in complex product markets, the majority of this literature adopts what …

This article utilizes agency theory to explain maverick buying in governmental agencies, that
is, noncompliance to centrally negotiated frame agreements. Traditional agency theory …