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    Barriers to public procurement for innovation : A case study of ICT projects in the specialised health services in Norway

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    In this study we have looked at the concept of public procurement for innovation, and tried to reveal the main barriers that prevent successful procurement for innovation to take place. A natural next step has been to explore the nature of these barriers, and through this understand how they can be managed. In order to accomplish this, we have conducted a case study on ICT projects in the specialised health services, building on existing literature in the fields of purchasing, innovation, public management and public procurement.Similar to scholars before us, we conclude that the key to public procurement for innovation is to have a collaborative relationship between the public customer and the supplier. By this we understand interaction in all the phases of the procurement, including the development and piloting stages of the innovation process. These stages, we found, can either be a part of the commercial procurement, or take place in a pre-commercial procurement preceding it. In case of the first, it is important to ensure that the contract does not restrict the conditions for the development stage with too many specifications. In the case of the latter, the challenge is to avoid a gap between the pre-commercial and ensuing commercial procurement.In the end, collaborative relationship is about the interaction between people in the supplying and buying organisation. In our case we identified three main actors, namely the supplier at one side, and the procurer and user at the other. We argue that collaborative relationship can only take place if they have the ability (the right competence), willingness (the right incentives) and possibility (the right resources) to take part in such a relationship, and if any of these three factors are not present, they constitute a barrier to public procurement for innovation.Underpinning all of this is the requirement for a long-term strategic thinking. We argue that public procurement for innovation is distinctly different from regular procurement in the sense that it sets out to explore new possibilities, rather than exploit existing solutions. The advantages of innovation will commonly not manifest itself in the short term, but can have a significant impact on the activities in the long run, and ultimately lead to better public services. A public organisation that primarily focuses on efficiency in the short term will fail to see this benefit, and as such not be able to provide the competence, incentives and resources required for public procurement for innovation to take place.For practitioners our study comes with implications particularly for managers in procurement and operations, who have to work on providing the conditions for collaborative relationship to take place in the cases of public procurement for innovation. This requires support from top management, who has to see the long-term benefit of this approach. For researchers, we have provided a model on public procurement for innovation, which will be useful for further studies

    To reformer i norsk bistandsforvaltning – modeller med eller mot strømmen?

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    In this thesis, we compare two organizational reforms within one policy area. How the "Modernization reform for development management" from 2002/03 and the "Reform for the organization of grant management" from 2018/19, affected the relationship between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Norad - the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation. Central is the political choice of the overall organizational model in the reforms, with two main alternatives: an integrated model in which the directorate becomes part of the ministry, and a delegated model that assigns the directorate additional tasks (enhanced vertical autonomy). In the thesis, we examine what led to the reform in 2003, and whether the newer reform can be regarded as a continuation of the 2003 reform. We have chosen to base our analysis on the theoretical framework for reforms by Pollitt and Bouckaert. The thesis is a comparative case study, and the analysis is based on three types of data sources: semi-structured interviews, document analysis, and media coverage. In the thesis, we find that several driving forces contributed to the initiation of reform in 2002/03, but that the Minister of Development's political ambitions must be regarded as a main reason to reform. The result of the reform was a mixed model, which can best be explained by the interaction - or tug-of-war - between two ministers, between foreign policy and development policy and the meeting between political desires and what was administratively feasible. Unresolved issues in the 2003 reform led to constant attempts to find an administrative balance in the years between the two reforms. In 2019, driving forces within the political system, especially party politics, became decisive for the choice of model, after the political party KrF (the Christian Democrats) entered the government. By studying the two reforms over time, we show in the thesis that ongoing discussions about the interface between politics and administration, as well as tensions between foreign policy and development policy interests, were central to the reform processes. This may help explain why reforms are repeated. The thesis is a contribution to understanding reforms in a context that also includes the time perspective

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    Sive Actus Solemnis Promotionis ... D. Koannes Horix, J. U. D. ... Praenobilem, Clarissimum Ac Consultissumum Dominum Joann. Hermannum Joseph. Werren, J. U. L. Suprema Doctoratus Ex Utroque Jure Laurea More Majorum In Auditorio Juridico Ordinario Imauguravot 25tâ Februarii 1767Autopsie nach Ex. der ULB DüsseldorfVorlageform der Veröffentlichungsangabe: Moguntiae, Ex Typogr. Elector. Aulic. Academ. privil. apud Haered. Haeffner.Universität Mainz, Dissertation, 25. Febr. 176
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