@techreport{Yeow2011Sustainable,
abstract = {Sustainability has been at the forefront of procurement policy in the UK in recent years, and innovation can be a key constituent to deliver the sustainability agenda. This paper uses a single case study to illustrate the procurement of recycled paper by a UK government department. It charts the transformation in procurement from that of a product to an integrated service, and highlights the procurement of a sustainable innovation to achieve multiple objectives. The study indicates the importance of certain factors for enabling the procurement of a more innovative and sustainable solution. In particular it illustrates the role of project champions driving change, senior management support, a good working relationship between buyer and supplier and the creation of a space in which trust and ideas generation can be enabled. Data is drawn from secondary sources, observations and in-depth interviews with public and private stakeholders participating in the process.},
address = {Manchester},
author = {Jillian Yeow and Elvira Uyarra and Sally Gee},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {330; innovation; sustainability; public procurement},
language = {eng},
number = {615},
publisher = {Manchester Business School},
title = {Sustainable innovation through public procurement: The case of 'closed loop' recyled paper},
type = {Manchester Business School working paper},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/50715},
year = {2011}
}
