Rahmani, Keyvan Karimi, Saeed Raeisi, Ahmad Reza Rezayatmand, Reza
Published in
Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Background: Despite the fact that medical equipment is critical for providing good health services and also incurs significant expenditures for the health system, little is known about how to procure it effectively. To date, only a few comparative studies on the procurement framework for medical equipment between nations have been conducted. Thus, ...
Miedema, Jillert-Jan (author)
Currently, the infrastructure industry is in transformation and moving towards new project delivery approaches. Aiming to improve the predictability of projects and due to a growing desire for collaboration between clients and contractors, the two-phase model has made its entrance in the industry and has been gaining popularity.
During the first pha...
Kochhar, Sonali Barreira, Draurio Beattie, Pauline Cavaleri, Marco Cravioto, Alejandro Frick, Mike W. Ginsberg, Ann M. Hudson, Ian Kaslow, David C. Kurtz, Sherry
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Published in
Vaccine
Currently, no formal mechanisms or systematic approaches exist to inform developers of new vaccines of the evidence anticipated to facilitate global policy recommendations, before a vaccine candidate approaches regulatory approval at the end of pre-licensure efficacy studies. Consequently, significant delays may result in vaccine introduction and u...
Viale, Laurence Ruel, Salomée Zouari, Dorsaf
Purchasing and supply management (PSM) plays a pivotal role in increasing overall competitiveness as buyers interact with innovative suppliers and internal teams. The competence-based view encourages buyers to specialise in a few core competencies, but less is known about the range of competencies needed for innovation. Thus, this article aims to u...
Azerar, Younes Beji, Laertis
Background: The pandemic disruption caused by COVID-19, which began at the end of 2019, hashad an impact on economies across the globe. A profound impact has been noticed in the Procurementfunction, which has suffered from supply disruptions. The importance of the procurement function indisruption management is stressed through its role as the wind...
García-Rodríguez, Manuel J. Rodríguez-Montequín, Vicente Ballesteros-Pérez, Pablo Love, Peter E. D. Signor, Regis
[EN] Collusion is an illegal practice by which some competing companies secretly agree on the prices (bids) they will submit to a future auction. Worldwide, collusion is a pervasive phenomenon in public sector procurement. It undermines the benefits of a competitive marketplace and wastes taxpayers¿ money. More often than not, contracting authoriti...
Ebrahimi, Farzam Sunström, Jakob
Background: Studies of complex and big-ticket tenders such as construction contracts have been the main research focus of public procurement. The efficiency of these low frequency transactionsis inherently hard to study, since the real world offers a wide range of variables that could explain the discrepancies. What is not studied to large extents ...
Linnartz, Maria Schuh, Günther Stich, Volker
Parra Peña, Javier Niño Villamizar, Yeny Andrea Suárez Serrano, Mónica
Context: Procurement is each time more important from the strategic point of view of the organizations. It has generated several tendencies in its management. The academic reflection about its evolution, from a traditional focus, which unique criteria of decision making is the cost, to achieve a level of strategic cooperation, invites to have an in...
Jentsch, Theresa
Background/ Problem/Purpose: Sustainability and Digitalisation are two buzzwords nowadays. The textile value chain is one of the most criticised value chains with respects to ecological as well as social sustainability. Thus, it seems a worthwhile project to be examined in the context of how digital technologies can be used to support sustainabilit...
