'Strategizing Calculus' in Industrial Procurement Contracts: Safeguarding Pre-Existing Resources versus Creating Value

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Desmond (Ho-Fu) Lo ◽  
Giorgio Zanarone ◽  
Mrinal Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Procurement ◽  
Procurement Contracts

Examining year-end spending spikes in the European Economic Area: a comparative study of procurement contracts

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Clifford P. McCue ◽  
Eric Prier ◽  
Ryan J. Lofaro
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Fourth Quarter ◽  
European Economic Area ◽  
Content Type ◽  
European Economic ◽  
Economic Area ◽  
Contract Type ◽  
Procurement Contracts

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to analyze year-end spending practices in the European Economic Area (EEA) to baseline the pervasiveness of year-end spending spikes across countries in Europe.Design/methodology/approachThe Tenders Electronic Daily dataset is used to descriptively analyze above-threshold procurement contracts by country, year and contract type from 2009 to 2018. Proportional distributions are employed to compare percentages of spend across quarters. Analyses are run within each country on the number of years displaying a fourth quarter spike, as well as within each country and contract type.FindingsThe results show that while spending spikes for above-threshold contracts in the final fiscal quarter are not consistent across all countries, patterns emerge when the data are disaggregated by country. The most populous nations in the EEA are more likely to have years with the highest proportion of fiscal spend occurring in the fourth quarter. Further, the type of contract makes a difference – services and supplies contracts are more likely to display fourth quarter spikes than works contracts.Originality/valueThis article provides the first analysis of the year-end spending spike across countries in Europe using procurement data, as well as the first to disaggregate by year and contract type. Findings support the literature on the presence of year-end spikes; such spikes exist even for above-threshold public procurement contracts.

On Re-invigorating the Australia-China Free Trade Agreement Negotiation Process

2013 ◽  
pp. 672-696 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Ling He
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade ◽  
Free Trade Agreement ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Negotiation Process ◽  
Government Procurement ◽  
Procurement Contracts ◽  
The Way

Driven by both economic and geopolitical imperatives, negotiation of the Australia-China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) has been slow and difficult. The negotiation process has reached an impasse since the latest round took place in March 2012. Major reasons for this include difficulties encountered in negotiating on agriculture, services, investment, and government procurement contracts and surrounding populist resistance from both Australian and Chinese domestic constituencies. Following more than eight years of negotiations and establishment of closer trade related ties, there is a lot at stake for both countries in the outcome of these discussions. This paper examines these issues and of the way forward towards a workable negotiation process.

scholarly journals ARBITRATION OF THE DISPUTES IN CONNECTION WITH PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

2021 ◽  
pp. 65-72
Author(s):  
Z. Grbo
Keyword(s):  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
The Public ◽  
Procurement Contract ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
Arbitration Procedure ◽  
Procurement Contracts

In the article, the author analyses the possibilities of using arbitration procedure to settle disputes arising from the conclusion of a public procurement contract in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The author studies the nature of the public procurement contract and concludes that this contract is of a private legal nature, so the resolution of disputes related to the execution of the contract is possible in arbitration proceedings.

scholarly journals Political contestability and public contract rigidity: An analysis of procurement contracts

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 316-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Beuve ◽  
Marian W. Moszoro ◽  
Stéphane Saussier
Keyword(s):  
Procurement Contracts ◽  
Public Contract
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