 AustraliaElizabeth Thurbon ()
Chapter Chapter 3 in Public Procurement, Innovation and Policy, 2014, pp 35-63 from Springer Abstract: Abstract Over the past decade, a host of new economic challenges have fuelled calls in Australia for a more strategic approach to innovation policy, perceived by many as central to restoring the nation’s techno-industrial competitiveness. Recent reforms to this end have been promising, with public procurement emerging as a key policy instrument in the government’s quest to improve the innovative capacity of local firms. In this chapter, we document the efforts underway to redress long-standing obstacles to the deployment of public purchasing as a techno-industrial upgrading device: from an entrenched ‘buy-non-Australian’ bias and risk-averse procurement culture; to complex and costly tender processes that discourage innovative offerings; to intellectual property laws that sap companies’ innovative spirit, to name a few. But while recent regulatory and policy shifts are impressive on paper, the extent to which they will translate into meaningful changes in public-procurement practices, and thus to the innovative activities of local companies, remains to be seen. Keywords: Global Financial Crisis; Local Firm; Industry Policy; Public Procurement; Australian Government (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-642-40258-6_3 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-40258-6_3 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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