Public Procurement’s Place in the World

1. Introduction
Francesco Decarolis, Marco Frey

Part I. Green Procurement

2. The Contribution of Green Public Procurement to Energy Efficiency Governance in Buildings
Eleonora Annunziata, Francesco Testa, Marco Frey, Fabio Iraldo

3. Sustainable Procurement in Practice: Explaining the Degree of Sustainable Procurement from an Organisational Perspective
Jolien Grandia, Sandra Groeneveld, Ben Kuipers, Bram Steijn

4. A Holistic Approach to Developing Existing Building Commissioning in European Public Real Estate
Vittorio Cesarotti, Caterina Spada, Raffaela Rotunno, Ernesto Casara, Daniele Fausto, Nicola Martinelli, Massimo Varani, Giovanni Bella

Part II. Innovation Procurement

5. Public Procurement for Innovation in Small States. The Case of Latvia
Aleksandrs Cepilovs

6. A Conjecture on Institutional Rationalities and Property Rights in Public Procurement of Innovation
Robert Ågren, Max Rolfstam

Part III. Challenges in Public Procurement

7. Favouritism and Inefficiency in Procurement: Evidence from Public Works in Italy
Francesco Decarolis, Cristina Giorgiantonio

8. Public Procurement and Corruption in Africa: A Literature Review
Andrea Appolloni, Jean Marie Mushagalusa Nshombo

Avainsanat: Economics, Economic Policy, Environmental Economics, International Economics, Public Economics, Environmental Management, Political Economy