Public Procurement : International Cases and Commentary (Paperback)

1. Public Procurement: Global Big Spending 2.Public Procurement in Perspective 3. Public Procurement Reform in Australia:A Federal-State Evaluation 4. Procurement in the English National Health Service 5.Dutch Healthcare Organization and Financing: Recent Reform and its Impact on Purchasing6. Budget and Organization Reform: Impact on Public Procurement in Belgium 7. US Federal Government Procurement: Structure, Process and Current Issues 8. Public Procurement in Germany: A Purchasing Cooperative for Energy Sourcing at the German Aerospace Centre 9. The Features and Recent Reforms of Government Procurement in Singapore 10. Public Procurement:A Pillar of Good Governance? 11. The Purchasing Process in Public Procurement 12. Procurement in the United Nations System 13. Consortia Purchasing for Higher Education in Canada, US, UK and Australia 14. Consortia Purchasing and Logistics in Kuopio Area: Lessons Learned from aFour Year Project 15. The Development of Procurement Education: The Queensland (Australia) Experience 16. e-Procurement:A Cross Jurisdictional Comparison 17. The Fraud/Red Tape Dilemma in Public Procurement: A Study of US State and Local Governments 18. A New Era: How to Improve Procurement Services to Clients Presented by Public Works and Government Services Canada 19. South African Provincial Government Reform: Using a Shared Services Model to Transform ‘Back-Office’ Support in Gauteng Province 20. E-Commerce and Information 21. People in Public Procurement 22. Co-operative Purchasing in the Public Sector 23. Procurement:A Strategic Weapon for Change 24. Challenges for Public Procurement