Unveiling barriers to sustainable public procurement in emerging economies: Evidence from a leading sustainable supply chain initiative in Latin America

Delmônico, Diego Valério de Godoy; Jabbour, Charbel José Chiappetta; Pereira, Susana Carla Farias; Jabbour, Ana Beatriz Lopes de Sousa; Renwick, Douglas; Thomé, Antônio Márcio Tavares

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.02.033

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“…These search strings generated an initial sample of 33,470 articles which, following the application of inclusion and exclusion criteria that included research quality (rigour) and relevance to the review questions, was reduced to a final sample of 574 articles ( Figure 1) from 62 journals [1]. These were subsequently analysed both descriptively and thematically (Thomas and Harden, 2008).…”

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Pre-paradigmatic status of industrial sustainability: a systematic review

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation.*Related content and download information correct at time of download. Design/methodology/approach -Using an evidenced-based approach, a systematic review (SR) of 574 articles from 62 peer-reviewed scientific journals associated with industrial sustainability is conducted.Findings -This paper distinguishes three prevailing dialogues in the field of industrial sustainability, and uses Kuhn's theory of paradigms to propose its pre-paradigmatic scientific status. The three dialogues: "productivity and innovation", "corporate citizenship" and "economic resilience" are conjectured to privilege efficiency strategies as a mode of incremental reductionism. Industrial sustainability espouses the grand vision of a generative, restorative and net positive economy, and calls for a future research trajectory to address institutional and systemic issues regarding scaling-up and transition, through transformative strategies.Research limitations/implications -The review is limited by the nature of the inquiries addressed in the literatures by specific researcher communities between 1992 and 2014. Originality/value -This study performs the first SR in the field of industrial sustainability, synthesises prevailing scholarly dialogues and provides an evaluation of the scientific status of the field.

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Pre-paradigmatic status of industrial sustainability: a systematic review

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“…The use of public procurement to drive innovation is a strong focus particularly in the European Union where "the purchasing power of governments is being recognised as a demand-side tool that can stimulate innovation" (Bolton, 2016: 4). Most recently, the application of public procurement has been extended to achieve environmental objectives with much attention devoted to issues of 'green procurement' or sustainable procurement in which SMMEs are a major priority for target support (Nijaki & Worrel, 2012;UNEP, 2017;Delmonico et al, 2018). Low carbon procurement is also a new research agendaparticularly in Europe -as a response to the importance of addressing climate change issues (Correia et al, 2013).…”

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Public Procurement, State Assets and Inclusive Tourism: South African Debates

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Rogerson²

2019

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Inclusive tourism represents a concept which is attracting major interest in international literature and an increasing policy focus in South Africa. Public procurement is used in South Africa as a vehicle for supporting national development goals. Against the background of growing interest on the behalf of South Africa's national government to utilize public procurement for leveraging a more inclusive development path the aim is to direct attention to the potential application of public procurement as a vehicle for enhanced inclusion in the country's tourism sector. Three sections of discussion are presented. As essential context the first section reviews international debates around public procurement as a policy tool. The second section turns attention to ongoing South African debates and policy initiatives around the leveraging of public procurement. State assets are the focus in the third section and their use through public procurement as a potential policy vehicle for inclusive tourism development in South Africa. In terms of methodology the paper draws upon a critical analysis of international experience of procurement, a review and analysis of policy documents, and published and unpublished data on immovable state assets that can be applied potentially in using public procurement for inclusive tourism development in South Africa. The central argument is multiple opportunities exist for public procurement to lever state assets in support of the goals of inclusive tourism development in South Africa.

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“…Government purchases from Brazil comprise about 10-15% of the country's GDP each year, representing a billion dollar market [37], [38]. However, there is a critical lack of SPP studies in the Brazilian context [38], whose field of knowledge has been considered less structured than in other nations [39]. Due to this shortage, procurers have been hesitant to adopt sustainable practices since there is no well-defined selection criteria that allows the option for the best value alternative instead of the lowest bid [33].…”

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Key factors hindering sustainable procurement in the Brazilian public sector: A Delphi study

Costa¹,

Motta²

2019

Int. J. SDP

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The modern lifestyle has resulted in a gradual dismantling of the vital services offered by nature, putting human existence at risk. In this sense, it is understood as a Public Administration responsibility the active participation in the promotion of sustainable consumption and production strategies, not only through public policies implementation, but also through its abundant purchasing power. Thus, the present investigation aims to identify and classify the main barriers that have hampered the massive application of sustainable public procurement (SPP) in Brazil. The proposed objective was achieved through a Delphi study. A panel of experts identified 32 main obstacles for SPP implementation, which were subsequently ranked according to a five-point Likert scale. The results suggest that, among all the barriers identified, 10 are the leading factors that hinder the implementation of SPPs in the Brazilian public sector. The findings of this paper, therefore, provide a valuable reference for experts and practitioners in the selection of the obstacles that must be firstly overcome to stimulate the application of SPPs.

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Unveiling barriers to sustainable public procurement in emerging economies: Evidence from a leading sustainable supply chain initiative in Latin America

Cited by 116 publications

References 70 publications

Pre-paradigmatic status of industrial sustainability: a systematic review

Pre-paradigmatic status of industrial sustainability: a systematic review

Public Procurement, State Assets and Inclusive Tourism: South African Debates

Key factors hindering sustainable procurement in the Brazilian public sector: A Delphi study

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