Cross-border trade and contract awards The intellectual myopia at the heart of the EU procurement rules

Cox, Andrew; Furlong, Paul

doi:10.1016/s0969-7012(96)00008-1

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“…Some have discussed the problems of the directives, related to the EU's expansion into central and eastern Europe (Kanaras, 2000; Georgopoulos, 2000). Another stream of research is focused on the impact of the EU Directives on cross‐border trade, competition and prices (Cox and Furlong, 1995, 1997; Nielsen and Hansen, 2001; Madsen, 2002).…”

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Explaining Non‐Compliance with European Union Procurement Directives: A Multidisciplinary Perspective

Gelderman

Ghijsen

Schoonen

2010

J of Common Market Studies

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Since their adoption in the 1970s, compliance with European Union (EU) procurement directives has been problematic. Many studies have reported on the effectiveness of the directives, mostly in terms of the impact on the openness of public procurement and the impact on cross-border trade. However, research on the explanation (or the lack) of compliance with EU directives is limited. This article identifies the directives which are most sensitive to non-compliance. A multidisciplinary model for explaining compliance is presented, drawing from criminal theory, economics, social psychology and public purchasing. The impact on compliance is quantified, using survey data from purchasing professionals of the Dutch Ministry of Defence. The results indicate that both the expected gains of compliance and the organizational pressure have a positive impact on compliance. In contrast, no support is found for the effect of certainty and severity of sanctions and the perceived resistance of suppliers in case of non-compliance. Copyright (c) 2010 The Author(s). Journal compilation (c) 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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Explaining Non‐Compliance with European Union Procurement Directives: A Multidisciplinary Perspective

Gelderman

Ghijsen

Schoonen

2010

J of Common Market Studies

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“…Differently from the calls issued by national and local authorities which deal mainly with building and civil engineering (Cox and Furlong 1997) calls from EU institutions and agencies concern mainly highly technical services. Accordingly, firms with great technical expertise in their own sectors usually win those bids (Cox and Furlong 1997;Nielsen and Hansen 2001 representation at EU level and this holds true particularly for costly strategies.…”

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Explaining the variation in the Europeanization of business: an institutionalist theory

Vannoni¹

2015

Journal of European Public Policy

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Although the EU provides valuable political opportunities for business, firms act at European level in different degrees and in different ways. This variation in the Europeanization of business has so far been partially overlooked by the literature. In this work I propose an institutionalist theory of the Europeanization of business by focusing on how national political institutions mediate the impact of the institutional structure of the EU on business behaviour.Findings from a large-N analysis across several countries demonstrate that firms in decentralized countries tend to be more active at EU level. National political institutions affect also how firms act at EU level. Indeed, those firms used to act individually at national level tend to act collectively at EU level. This work aims at a more nuanced institutionalist account of Europeanization, by bridging the gap between the traditional literature on comparative politics and the one on European interest representation.

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“…Consequently, due to transparency reasons, in the beginning of 2004 and after ten years of effort, there are no clear conclusions about the impact of the EU public procurement market openness on the domestic productions of the member states. The EU Commission as well as several authors argue that the new rules since 1993 were not able to change preferential purchasing, which remained as strong as that identified a decade earlier (Cox and Furlong, 1997;and Martin et al, 1997).…”

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The Latest Enlargement of the EU and 'Buy National' Rules

Mardas

2005

World Economy

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This paper presents a variety of indicators which reflect the extent of protection of individual manufacturing industries in ten countries of Central and Eastern Europe by the 'Buy National' rules in public procurement. Eight countries joined the EU in 2004 and the two remaining countries will become full members in 2007. Combining these data with information on the current international competitiveness of each individual industry, the paper identifies those industries that are likely to be particularly sensitive to the abolition of 'Buy National' rules due to their recent accession to the European Union. Two series of indicators are proposed to measure the impact of 'Buy National' policies. The first series outlines the behaviour of the public sector vis-à-vis domestic production and imports. The second series of indicators sketches the industrial structure of the sectors which, following the above analysis, seem to be protected by preferential public procurement. The interaction of both series of indicators can provide information about the extent of protection in terms of public procurement on a sectoral level and about its impact on domestic production. Copyright Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2005.

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Cross-border trade and contract awards The intellectual myopia at the heart of the EU procurement rules

Cited by 26 publications

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Explaining Non‐Compliance with European Union Procurement Directives: A Multidisciplinary Perspective

Explaining Non‐Compliance with European Union Procurement Directives: A Multidisciplinary Perspective

Explaining the variation in the Europeanization of business: an institutionalist theory

The Latest Enlargement of the EU and 'Buy National' Rules

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