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Governance Issues in the EU's e‐Procurement Framework
Author(s) -
Khorana Sangeeta,
FergusonBoucher Kirsten,
Kerr William A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
jcms: journal of common market studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.54
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1468-5965
pISSN - 0021-9886
DOI - 10.1111/jcms.12179
Subject(s) - procurement , commission , harmonization , corporate governance , business , government procurement , government (linguistics) , european commission , industrial organization , e procurement , public administration , accounting , commerce , international trade , political science , european union , marketing , finance , linguistics , philosophy , physics , acoustics
Government procurement accounts for a considerable proportion of economic activity in the E uropean U nion ( EU ) yet resists integration and harmonization. The E uropean Commission believes that the solution to integrating government procurement into the single market lies in e‐procurement. While technology has the potential to improve the efficacy of procurement processes among EU Member States, its use raises governance issues that must be addressed as a co‐requisite to adopting the technological solution. This article outlines the Commission's e‐procurement policy, develops an analytical structure for assessing the framework and highlights governance issues that need addressing if e‐procurement is to deliver on its promise.