Jörgen Hettne
Professor, Head of the Department of Business Law
Public procurement a vehicle for change
Author
Editor
- Irvine Lapsley
- Ola Mattisson
Summary, in English
In this chapter, we explore not only the challenges with public procurement, but also how public organization can turn procurement into a useful tool that can help develop quality in public services provision and delivery. There is a belief that public procurement can be an instrument for change. The public sector is a large procurer, and the idea is that if public procurers demand better products or new types of solutions, the market has no choice but to provide more environmentally and socially sustainable products. However, the public sector is not one single unit; the public sector consists of many different organizations each responsible for their own procurement. Consequently, each procuring entity has no advantage against larger suppliers or groups of suppliers on a market. Still, research shows potential for public procurement to be a useful tool for public sector organization to stimulate innovation and the development of new and improved products and services. When discussing public procurement, we draw on literature from business law as well as organizational theory.
Department/s
- Strategy
- Department of Business Law
- Centre for European Studies
- Lund University Centre for Business Law (Swedish abbr: ACLU)
Publishing year
2021
Language
English
Pages
93-103
Publication/Series
Managing Public Services : Making Informed Choices
Document type
Book chapter
Publisher
Routledge
Topic
- Business Administration
- Law (excluding Law and Society)
Status
Published
Research group
- Lund University Centre for Business Law (Swedish abbr: ACLU)
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 9781003154389
- ISBN: 9780367723248