Competing agendas in public procurement: An empirical analysis of opportunities and limits in the UK for SMEs

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 641-658

  Pickernell, David ^a   Kay, Adrian ^b   Packham, Gary ^a   Miller, Christopher ^a  

^a University of Glamorgan   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC POLICY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INNOVATION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL PLANNING; REGIONAL POLICY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79961224989     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c10164b     Document Type: Article

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