Public e-procurement impacts in small- and medium-enterprises

Teresa Fernandes and Vítor Vieira

International Journal of Procurement Management, 2015, vol. 8, issue 5, 587-607

Abstract: The European Union (EU) created directives to regulate the moving to full Public e-Procurement (Pe-P) for all public purchases by 2016. Despite the undisputable benefits, member states are lagging behind on this paradigm shift. Also Pe-P's scholarly evaluation and theoretical knowledge behind it are still very limited. This paper makes a contribution to the literature gap related to Pe-P's impacts providing preliminary evidence of its adoption in Portugal. Following a case-based approach involving interviews with managers from the Portuguese construction sector, our study aims to understand Pe-P's implementation benefits and barriers in small- and medium-enterprises (SMEs). Results provide relevant information regarding factors affecting Pe-P's adoption forecasting implications for private firms, platform providers and policy makers in the 2016 full moving to Pe-P's throughout the EU.

Keywords: e-procurement; public e-procurement; small and medium-sized enterprises; SMEs; adoption; benefits; barriers; electronic procurement; public procurement; European Union; EU directives; Portugal; construction industry. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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