Public Procurement and Innovation

The Role of Institutions

Max Rolfstam, Department of Business and Management, Aalborg University, Denmark

马克斯Rolfstam检查increasing emphasis on public procurement as a means to stimulate innovation and the theoretical implications of this policy development. While ‘regular’ public procurement may be regarded as the outcome of anonymous market processes, public procurement of innovation must be understood as a special case of innovation, where social processes – and consequently the institutions governing these social processes – need to be considered. This book contributes to our understanding with a detailed institutional analysis of the public procurement of innovation.

‘Public Procurement and Innovation contributes an understanding of how multiple institutions impact procurement, and supplies evidence for the ongoing debate over policies' role in guiding innovation. This book is timely and relevant . . .Anyone interested in public procurement, innovation, EU policy, or technology policy will find the book worthwhile.’
– Paige A. Clayton, Science and Public Policy