A systems approach for green public procurement implementation

Conghu Wang, Yuhua Qiao and Xiaoming Li

Journal of Public Procurement, 2020, vol. 20, issue 3, 287-311

Abstract: Purpose - This paper aims to identify important factors in green public procurement (GPP) implementation and then to clarify how these factors affect GPP implementation. Design/methodology/approach - The authors applied the Delphi method first and then conducted a focused and constrained multiple case study at 18 government procurement centers across China. Findings - The authors identified four clusters of factors for successful GPP implementation: more clear, consistent and operational policy goals; a nation-wide green procurement campaign to enhance social capital and cultural resources; promoting staff’s ethics, professionalism, capacity and knowledge; and establishing checks and balances among organizations involved in the whole purchasing process. Social implications - GPP can significantly improve environmental protection and sustainable development. Originality/value - Based on key insights from systems theory and agency theory, the authors emphasize that GPP implementation must take down its own functional silos and adopt a process approach across organizational tiers to synchronize human resource based and inter-organizational capabilities into a unified whole through information sharing, communications and collaboration.

Keywords: China; Policy implementation; Green public procurement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1108/JOPP-03-2019-0017

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