This contribution is the Introduction of the volume entitled "Joint Public Procurement and Innovation: lessons across borders". The volume centers on ‘innovation in procurement’, which can mean many things. The first, of course, is the purchase of innovation: buying cutting-edge technology in public procurement markets. A second meaning of ‘innovation in procurement’ is encouraging innovative suppliers in the procurement process. A third meaning is innovation in the procurement process itself: new methods and approaches for the procurement process. The book deals with all of them, and they are often variously mixed, as for example in the cases of the networks of Centralized Purchasing Bodies in the EU (which use innovative procurement measures to spur development), and the use of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to advance technological innovation in the United States. While the EU and the U.S. landscapes for encouraging innovation in procurement are very different, the two systems’ emerging issues and concerns are often the same. Interestingly, the working EU definition for innovation, that is, the “implementation of a new marketing method, or a new organisational method in business practices, workplace organisation or external relations, inter alia, with the purpose of helping to solve societal challenges or to support the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth,” is echoed in one of the generally accepted procurement goals in the U.S. federal administration, that is, to focus on ‘innovative acquisition methods’, with a view to new ways of doing things that can enhance performance. According to the Office of Innovation and Technology in the U.S. city of Philadelphia, innovation focuses on “[d]eveloping and sustaining innovative technology practices within the City through engaging and empowering citizens, improving business processes, working collaboratively and constantly searching for new opportunities”. This book, therefore, tries to add value in the on-going debate on how public procurement across borders ‘innovates’ in what seems to be a common direction, regardless of jurisdiction.
Introduction. The Promise and Perils of Innovation in Cross-Border Procurement
Gabriella M. Racca;
2019-01-01
Abstract
This contribution is the Introduction of the volume entitled "Joint Public Procurement and Innovation: lessons across borders". The volume centers on ‘innovation in procurement’, which can mean many things. The first, of course, is the purchase of innovation: buying cutting-edge technology in public procurement markets. A second meaning of ‘innovation in procurement’ is encouraging innovative suppliers in the procurement process. A third meaning is innovation in the procurement process itself: new methods and approaches for the procurement process. The book deals with all of them, and they are often variously mixed, as for example in the cases of the networks of Centralized Purchasing Bodies in the EU (which use innovative procurement measures to spur development), and the use of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to advance technological innovation in the United States. While the EU and the U.S. landscapes for encouraging innovation in procurement are very different, the two systems’ emerging issues and concerns are often the same. Interestingly, the working EU definition for innovation, that is, the “implementation of a new marketing method, or a new organisational method in business practices, workplace organisation or external relations, inter alia, with the purpose of helping to solve societal challenges or to support the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth,” is echoed in one of the generally accepted procurement goals in the U.S. federal administration, that is, to focus on ‘innovative acquisition methods’, with a view to new ways of doing things that can enhance performance. According to the Office of Innovation and Technology in the U.S. city of Philadelphia, innovation focuses on “[d]eveloping and sustaining innovative technology practices within the City through engaging and empowering citizens, improving business processes, working collaboratively and constantly searching for new opportunities”. This book, therefore, tries to add value in the on-going debate on how public procurement across borders ‘innovates’ in what seems to be a common direction, regardless of jurisdiction.
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