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| Title: | | Sustainable innovation through public procurement: The case of 'closed loop' recyled paper  |
| Authors: | | Yeow, Jillian Uyarra, Elvira Gee, Sally |
| Issue Date: | | 2011 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Manchester Business School working paper 615 |
| 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. |
| Subjects: | | innovation sustainability public procurement |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Manchester Business School Working Paper Series, The University of Manchester
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