Covers many critical and controversial procurement concerns, including procurement innovation and reforms, transparency concerns, and sustainable public procurement Combines theory and scholarly analysis with case studies to propose effective solutions to current issues in public procurement Profiles a wide selection of countries to provide a truly international perspective on public procurement Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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List of Reviewers or Scientific Committee Members.- 1. International Public Procurement: Innovation and Knowledge Sharing.- Part I. Innovation AND Reforms in Public Procurement Profession.- 2. Contract Management Innovation in Public Procurement: Costa Rica's Experience.- 3. The Municipal Partnering Initiative: Mixed Contracting in Local Government Procurement.- 4.The Impact of Changing Patterns of Commercial Card Use by the U.S. Government on Governmental Efficiency and Cost Savings.- 5, Defense Management Research Capacities and Topics: Blind Spots in Defense Acquisition.- 6. Customers' Preferences in Municipal Waste Services Procurement .- Part II. Public Procurement Transparency.- 7.Rationalising Public Procurement of Complex Construction Projects by the Price Component Selection.- 8.Pricing for Public Purchase: A Qualitative-Empirical Analysis of Public Procurement and Price Setting Practices.- 9. Procurement Conspiracies and Procurement Governance: Some Lessons from Thailand.-10. Collaborative Public Procurement: A Comparative Review of the Indian Position with International Practices on Pooled Procurement from Competition Law Perspectives.- 11. Regulating the Pre-Procurement Phase: Context and Perspectives.- 12. Construction Procurers' Perceptions of Value for Money.- Part 4. Preferential Public Procurement.- 13. The Reform to EU Utilities Procurement: Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive?.- 14. Stages of Development towards Sustainable Public Procurement.- 15.Policy Implementation of Sustainable Public Procurement in China.- 16. The Role of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in a Sustainable Public Procurement System.