The innovation impacts of public procurement offices: The case of healthcare procurement

Fiona A. Miller and Pascale Lehoux

Research Policy, 2020, vol. 49, issue 7

Abstract: Interest in public procurement's role in innovation has been reinforced by the directional turn in innovation policy, which highlights the social purpose of innovation. Procurement-induced innovation may often be a by-product of the pursuit of other policy goals, especially in sectors that are highly dependent on innovation, such as healthcare. Yet the tendency of innovation scholarship to focus at macro-levels, and on R&D-intensive innovation, means that the ways in which procurement routinely affects innovation – whether positively or negatively – are not fully understood. A particular scholarly lacuna relates to the role of the procurement office, which is often characterized as a more-or-less effective conduit for the knowledge and imperatives of others, notably users and vendors. Literature from innovation policy studies, which highlights the importance of implementation and administration for realizing innovation policy aims, alongside the burgeoning field of valuation studies, suggests that these offices may have a more substantive effect.

Keywords: Public procurement; Innovation policy; Procurement-induced innovation; Directional innovation; Health innovation; Valuation studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I18 O35 O38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2020.104075

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