Abstract
As governments are adopting public procurement for innovation as a focal instrument in their toolboxes for demand-driven innovation policies, public sector organizations are faced with a need to develop capability to manage new organizational processes. Public procurement for innovation (PPI) is a policy instrument which requires adopting novel skills and management practices.
Innovation policy-related efforts to use public procurement to promote supplier innovation will encounter intersecting goals at the level of public agencies, and are not likely to be translated into effective implementation without building required capabilities. Indeed, recent research has indicated that insufficient
management skills have accounted for failures in PPI projects. Many of these capabilities are not part of regular procurement competencies. General management also needs to adjust practices to reap the full benefits of the novel
approach, and new organizational practices extending beyond the procurement function may need to be established.
Innovation policy-related efforts to use public procurement to promote supplier innovation will encounter intersecting goals at the level of public agencies, and are not likely to be translated into effective implementation without building required capabilities. Indeed, recent research has indicated that insufficient
management skills have accounted for failures in PPI projects. Many of these capabilities are not part of regular procurement competencies. General management also needs to adjust practices to reap the full benefits of the novel
approach, and new organizational practices extending beyond the procurement function may need to be established.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Public Procurement for Innovation |
| Place of Publication | Cheltenham |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd |
| Chapter | 3 |
| Pages | 65-86 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-78347-189-8 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-78347-188-1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
| MoE publication type | B2 Part of a book or another research book |
Keywords
- public procurement
- innovation
