Coordinated unbundling: A way to stimulate entrepreneurship through public procurement for innovation

Bram Timmermans and Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Jon Mikel Zabala Iturriagagoitia

Science and Public Policy, 2013, vol. 40, issue 5, 674-685

Abstract: Public procurement for innovation is a matter of using public demand to trigger innovation. Empirical studies have demonstrated that demand-based policy instruments can be considered to be a powerful tool in stimulating innovative processes among existing firms. However, the existing literature has not focused on the role this policy instrument can play in the promotion of (knowledge-intensive) entrepreneurship. This paper investigates this link in more detail and introduces the concept of coordinated unbundling as a strategy that can facilitate this purpose. We also present a framework for organising public procurement for innovation around this unbundling strategy and provide a set of challenges that need to be addressed. Copyright The Author 2013. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com, Oxford University Press.

Date: 2013
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