G. Piga & F. Decarolis 
Public Procurement’s Place in the World [PDF ebook] 
The Charge Towards Sustainability and Innovation

This volume addresses different issues related to green innovation procurement as well as exploring the challenges involved in public procurement. It offers a broad array of perspectives, addressing both general, abstract problems of optimal public procurement and concrete cases of national or even local public procurement systems.

Table of Content

Introduction; Francesco Decarolis and Marco Frey PART I: GREEN PROCUREMENT 1. The Contribution of Green Public Procurement to Energy Efficiency Governance in Buildings; Eleonora Annunziata, Marco Frey, Fabio Iraldo and Francesco Testa 2. Sustainable Procurement in Practice: Explaining the Degree of Sustainable Procurement from an Organisational Perspective; Jolien Grandia, Sandra Groeneveld, Ben Kuipers and Bram Steijn 3. A Holistic Approach to Developing Existing Building Commissioning in European Public Real Estate; Vittorio Cesarotti, Ernesto Casara, Daniele Di Fausto, Giovanni La Bella, Nicola Martinelli, Raffaele Rotunno, Caterina Spada and Massimo Varani PART II: INNOVATION PROCUREMENT 4. Public Procurement for Innovation in Small States: The Case of Latvia; Aleksandrs Cepilovs 5. A Conjecture on Institutional Rationalities and Property: Rights in Public Procurement of Innovation; Robert Ågren and Max Rolfstam PART III: CHALLENGES IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT 6. Favouritism and Inefficiency in Procurement: Evidence from Public Works in Italy; Francesco Decarolis and Cristina Giorgiantonio 7. Public Procurement and Corruption in Africa: A Literature Review; Andrea Appolloni and Jean-Marie Mushagalusa Nshombo

About the author

Eleonora Annunziata; Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy Marco Frey; Bocconi University, Itlay Fabio Iraldo; Bocconi University, Italy Francesco Testa; Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy Jolien Grandia Sandra Groeneveld Ben Kuipers; Erasmus University, Netherlands Bram Steijn; Erasmus University, Netherlands Vittorio Cesarotti; ‘Tor Vergata’ University, Italy Ernesto Casara; e FM S.r.l., Italy Daniele Di Fausto; e FM S.r.l., Italy Giovanni La Bella; Eni Servizi S.p.A., San Donato Milanese Nicola Martinelli; e FM S.r.l., Italy Raffaele Rotunno; Tor Vergata University, Italy Caterina Spada; Tor Vergata University, Italy Massimo Varani; e FM S.r.l., Italy Aleksandrs Cepilovs; Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia Robert Ågren; Lund University, Sweden Max Rolfstam; Aalborg University, Denmark Francesco Decarolis; Boston University, USA Cristina Giorgiantonio; Bank of Italy Andrea Appolloni; Tor Vergata University, Italy Jean Marie Mushagalusa Nshombo; Tor Vergata University, Italy