Essays about: "PROCUREMENT in private sector"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 34 essays containing the words PROCUREMENT in private sector.

1. 21. Analysing different quality situations within public-private partnership of infrastructure

   University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

   Author : Babak Navid; [2016]
   Keywords : Private-public partnership; Quality contract; Externality; Infrastructure procurement;

   Abstract : Due to the increasing amount of private-public partnership procurements, the pros and cons of this subject area is of great concern for economists and stakeholders. Previous studies regarding the rationale of this type of procurement argued on the externalities of private-public partnership. READ MORE

3. 22. The use of BI software in Swedish municipalities - The path municipalities take from adopting BI to actual use of BI

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för informatik

   Author : Tobias Andersson; Hafidz Alhaq Fatih; [2016]
   Keywords : Business Intelligence; Municipalities; Path; Value; Actual Use; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Business Intelligence has been growing fast the last two decades and more organizations are seeing a need of BI software to analyse data and make fast and accurate decisions. Public sector and municipalities have also adapted to this trend and implemented BI in their organizations. READ MORE

4. 23. The buyer-seller risk distribution and competition effects in procurement auctions

   University essay from KTH/Entreprenörskap och Innovation

   Author : Ivan Ridderstedt; [2016]
   Keywords : Procurement auctions; public procurement; government procurement; competition effects; common-value model; risk distribution; procurement productivity;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates how competition effects in government procurement auction are affected by the risk distribution between the procurer and the winning bidder. The risk distribution is linked to the conditions of payment which is assumed to be largely determined by the procurer. READ MORE

5. 24. Shifting the Food System Paradigm - A Case Study of Food Purchasing in Los Angeles

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Louise Klintner; Johan Fred; [2015]
   Keywords : sustainability; cross-sector collaborations; NGOs; sustainable food systems; coordination mechanisms; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Malnourishment, food insecurity, food swamps and obesity. These are only a few of the detrimental effects of the current food system, a product of industrialization and path dependence within unsustainable practices. READ MORE

6. 25. Resilience and Social Justice as the Basis for Urban Food System Reform - A Case Study of Bristol, U.K.

   University essay from Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Mark Wilson; [2014]
   Keywords : Urban Agriculture; Urban Food Policy; Social-Ecological Resilience; Social Justice; Sustainable Development;

   Abstract : This paper considers the contribution of urban agriculture to the local food system and the role of the city council in this system. Using an interdisciplinary mixed method approach, the study explores local stakeholders’ perspectives of these aspects in the city of Bristol, UK. READ MORE