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REFERENCES

Alphabetical

  • Anon (2008) "Think Small First": A Small Business Act for Europe [online] Accessed December 2009 Available from http://ec.europa.eu
  • Anon (2008) Up Against the Giants [online] Accessed: January 2009, Available from http://www.growingbusiness.co.uk
  • Anslinger, P. and Jenk, J. (2004) Creating successful alliances, Journal of Business Strategy, 25, 2, pp. 18-22.
  • Atherton, A. (2003) Examining Cluster Formation from the Bottom-up: An Analysis of Four Cases in the North of England, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 21, 1, pp. 21-35.
  • Atkinson, D. (1999) Project Finance, England: Daniel Atkinson Limited
  • Balwinder, S.,(1999) India: Procurement Frauds Journal of Financial Crime, Vol.7 No.2., pp 183 - 185
  • Bart, S. and Steinweg T.,(2008) Sustainable Procurement in a European Context: Practises of IT Procurement in Five EU Countries, Europe: Procure IT Fair
  • Barter, A. and Sen, D. (2008) Public Sector Procurement: The Small Business Perspective, Federation Of Small Businesses South East Policy Unit, England.
  • Bishop, P., (2003) Competition and Collaboration in the Provision of Public Services: The Case of the UK Defence Sector, Journal of Finance and Management in Public Services, 3, 1.
  • Bjork, B-C. (2007) Drivers and Barriers to Public Sector E-Procurement within Northern Ireland's Construction Industry
  • Bologna SME Conference Business Symposium (2000) Issues Paper: Local Partnership, Clusters and SME Collaboration.
  • Carley, M. (2006) Partnership and Statutory Local Governance in a Devolved Scotland , International Journal of Public Sector Management, 19, 3, pp. 250-260.
  • Central Procurement Directorate (2004) Removing the Barriers to SMEs, Department of Finance and Personnel, Public Procurement, Belfast.
  • Confederation of British Industry (2006) Improving Delivery: Realising best practice in procurement and contract management, London.
  • Department of Finance and Personnel (2004) Public Procurement: A Guide for Small and Medium Enterprises, Central Procurement Directorate on behalf of the Procurement Board, Belfast.
  • Dyer, J. (1997) Effective Interfirm Collaboration: How Firms Minimize Transaction Costs and Maximise Firm Value, Strategic Management Journal, 18, 535-556.
  • Eadie, R., Perera, S., Heaney, G., Carlisle, J. (2004) Drivers and Barriers to Public Sector E-Procurement within Northern Ireland's Construction Industry, ITcon, 12.
  • East Oxford Action (2007) Partnerships and Consortia The Way Forward?, Briefing Paper Number 4, East Oxford Action, Oxford.
  • Evans, R. and Mernagh, M.(2008) Making the most of Public Sector Opportunities, London: Freshminds Research
  • Fee, R., Erridge, A. and Hennigan, S.(2002) SMEs and Government Purchasing in Northern Ireland: Problems and Opportunities European Business Review, Vol. 14 No.5, pp 326-334
  • Freshminds Research (2008) Awarding more Government Contracts to SMEs would help Economy, UK
  • Gazley, B and Brudney, J.L. (n/d) The Purpose (and perils) of Government-Non-profit Partnership, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.
  • Gelderman, C., Ghijsen, P. and Brugman, M.(2006) Public Procurement and EU Tendering Directives - Explaining Non-Compliance International Journal of Public Sector Management, Vol. 19 No.7, pp 702 - 714
  • Gershon, P.(2003) Working Together [online] Accessed: December 2009, Available from: http://www.bipsolutions.com/
  • Gibb, A.A. (with Atherton, A., Hartshorn, C., Nicholson, P. and Sear, L.)(1998) Business Helping Business. Keynote Workshop Address to the UK European Presidency Conference - Enterprising Europe, The Barbican, London.
  • Glover, A. (2008) Accelerating the SME Economic Engine: Through Transparent, Simple and Strategic Procurement, Office of Public Sector Information, London.
  • Hart, E. (2002) Welsh Business Partnership Council: Welsh Procurement Initiative Progress Report [online] Accessed: December 2009, Available from http://wales.gov.uk/?lang=en
  • Hellowell, M., and Pollock, A. (2007) New Development: The PFI: Scotland's Plan for Expansion and it's Implications, Public Money and Management.
  • Hood, J. and McGarvey, N. (2002) Managing the Risks of Public - Private Partnerships in Scottish Local Government, Policy Studies, 23, 1.
  • Hughes, M. (2005) Evaluation of the Local Government Procurement Agenda: Baseline Survey Report, England: Institute of Local Government Studies
  • HM Treasury (2008) The Pre-Budget Report 2008, HM Treasury, London.
  • Hughes, M. (2005) Evaluation of the Local Government Procurement Agenda: Baseline Survey Report, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, London.
  • The Improvement Service (2008), Annual Report 2007-2008, Scottish Executive, Edinburgh.
  • Jang, H. and Feiock, R.(2007) Public and Private Funding Reliance of Nonprofit Organizations: Implications for Interorganizational Collaboration, Public Productivity and Management Review.
  • Jo, P., and Ball, D.(1999) Purchasing Consortia: Trends and Activity in the UK The Bottomline: Managing Library Finances, 12, 1, pp. 12-18
  • Jost, G., Dawson, M. and Shaw, D. (2005), Private Sector Consortia Working for a Public Sector Client - Factors that Build Successful Relationships: Lessons from the UK, European Management Journal, Vol. 23 No. 3, pp. 336-350
  • Love, P.,Davis, P., Edwards, D. and Baccarini, D.,(2008) Uncertainty Avoidance: Public Sector Clients and Procurement Selection International Journal of Public Sector Management, 21, 7, pp 753 - 756
  • Magee, M. and Brown, C. (2008) Managing in a Downturn: Delivering Public Sector Change in a Volatile Market, PricewaterhouseCoopers, London.
  • Martin, S. and Hartley, K. (1997) Public Purchasing in the European Union: Some Evidence from Contract Awards International Journal of Public Sector Management, Vol 10. No. 4, pp 279 - 293
  • McClelland, J. (2006), Review of Public Procurement in Scotland: Report and Recommendations, Scottish Executive, Edinburgh.
  • Michaelis, C., McGuire, M., Ferguson, L., (2003) SBS Diversity in Public Sector Procurement Survey, Databuild Ltd.
  • O'Farrell, P.N. and Hitchens, D.M.W.N. (1988) Alternative Theories of Small-Firm Growth: A Critical Review, Environment and Planning A, 20, 10, pp. 1365-1383.
  • Office for the Third Sector (2008) Working in a Consortium: A Guide for Third Sector Organisations involved in Public Service Delivery, Cabinet Office, England.
  • Palaneeswaran, E., Kumaraswamy, M. and Thomas N.(2003) Targeting Optimum Value in Public Sector Projects through "Best Value" - Focussed Contractor Selection Engineering, Construction and Architechtural Management, Vol 10. No. 6, pp 418-431
  • Pye, J. and Ball, D. (1999) Purchasing Consortia: Trends and Activity in the UK, The Bottom Line; Managing Library Finances, 12, 1, pp. 12-18.
  • Ramsey, L. (2006) The New Public Procurement Directives: A Partial Solution to the Problems of Procurement Compliance, European Public Law, 12, 2.
  • Raymond, J. (2008) Benchmarking in Public Procurement Benchmarking: An International Journal , Vol 15 No.6, pp 782 - 793
  • Richard, D. (2008) Small Business and Government: The Richard Report, The Conservative Party, London.
  • Roberts, I. (2005) A Better Deal for Public Sector Procurement, Open Source Consortium.
  • Roodhoft, F. and Abbeele, A.(2006) Public Procurement of Consulting Services: Evidence and Comparison with Private Companies International Journal of Public Sector Management, Vol. 19 No.5, pp 490 - 512
  • Rosie S. (2002) The PFI's View, The PFI Report Focus on Scotland.
  • Rounthwaite, T. (1994) Changing Token Joint Working into Successful Service Partnership , Managing Service Quality, 4, 2, pp. 51-54.
  • Rounthwaite, T. (1994) Partnerships in the Public Sector, Managing Service Quality, 4, 3, pp. 46-48.
  • Rounthwaite, T. (1994) Tackling "Uneven Development" to Provide Effective Multi-agency Provision, Managing Service Quality, 4, 5, pp. 39-41.
  • Rounthwaite, T. and Shell, I. (1995) Designing Quality Partnerships, The TQM Magazine, 7, 1, pp. 54-58.
  • Schiele, J. and McQue, C.,(2006) Professional Service Acquisition in Public Sector Procurement International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol.26 No.3, pp 300 - 325
  • Scorecard Working Party (2008) Evaluating SME experiences of Government procurement, British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, Federation of Small Businesses and Confederation of British Industry, London.
  • Scottish Executive (2004) Building a Better Scotland, Scottish Executive, Edinburgh.
  • Scottish Executive (2007) Choosing Scotland's Future, Scottish Executive, Edinburgh.
  • The Scottish Government (2007) Public Procurement Reform Programme: General Programme Overview, The Scottish Government, Edinburgh.
  • The Scottish Government (2007) Public Procurement Reform Programme: People and Skills, The Scottish Government, Edinburgh.
  • The Scottish Government (2007 ), Public Procurement Reform Programme: Procurement Development, The Scottish Government, Edinburgh.
  • The Scottish Government (2007), Public Procurement Reform Programme: Procurement Policy, The Scottish Government, Edinburgh.
  • The Scottish Government (2007), Public Procurement Reform Programme: Sustainable Public Procurement, The Scottish Government, Edinburgh.
  • The Scottish Government (2008) Public Procurement Reform Programme: Scottish Procurement Policy Handbook, The Scottish Government, Edinburgh.
  • The Scottish Government (2008), Scottish Procurement Directorate, The Scottish Government, Edinburgh.
  • Scottish Procurement Directorate (2004) Buyers' Guide to Working with Small and Medium Sizes Enterprises, Scottish Executive, Edinburgh.
  • Smith, P. and Hobbs A. (2001) SMEs and Public Sector Procurement, Small Business Service, Sheffield.
  • Sodhi, J.,(2007) Report on Enterprise Social Responsibility & SME Cluster Development, India: United Nations Industrial Organisational Cluster Development Programme
  • Sonntagbauer, P.,(2008) Peppol Consortium and e-Procurement in European Union, India: E-Gov Asia
  • Southwood, E.,(2006) Realising Best Practice in Procurement and Contract Management CBI - Voice of Business
  • Steane, P. and Walker, D.,(2000) Competitive Tendering and Contracting Public Sector Services in Australia - A Facilities Management Issue Facilities Vol. 18 No. 5/6, pp 245 - 255
  • Veryard, R. (2001) Component-based business: Plug and Play, Springer, New York.
  • Voluntary Organisation Network for the North East (2007) Commissioning and Procurement in the Public and Third Sectors: A Framework for Action in the North East, North East Improvement and Efficiency Partnership, Newcastle upon Tyne.
  • Waters-Fuller, N. (1996) The Benefits and Costs of JIT Sourcing: A Study of Scottish Suppliers, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, 26, 4, pp. 35-50.
  • Welsh Assembly Government (2005) Opening Doors: The Charter for SME Friendly Procurement, Cardiff.
  • Wilkinson, A. (2007) Public Procurement - Quantifying Economic Value in the North East, Adam Wilkinson and Associates Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne.
  • Wood, A. (2004) Investigating UK Business Experiences of Competing for Public Contracts in Other EU Countries, HM Treasury and the Department of Trade and Industry, London.

Thematic

SMEs and Procurement

  • Barter, A. and Sen, D. (2008) Public Sector Procurement: The Small Business Perspective, Federation Of Small Businesses South East Policy Unit, England.
  • Bjork, B-C. (2007) Drivers and Barriers to Public Sector E-Procurement within Northern Ireland's Construction Industry
  • Central Procurement Directorate (2004) Removing the Barriers to SMEs, Department of Finance and Personnel, Public Procurement, Belfast.
  • Confederation of British Industry (2006) Improving Delivery: Realising best practice in procurement and contract management, London.
  • Eadie, R., Perera, S., Heaney, G., Carlisle, J. (2004) Drivers and Barriers to Public Sector E-Procurement within Northern Ireland's Construction Industry, ITcon, 12.
  • Gibb, A.A. (with Atherton, A., Hartshorn, C., Nicholson, P. and Sear, L.)(1998) Business Helping Business. Keynote Workshop Address to the UK European Presidency Conference - Enterprising Europe, The Barbican, London.
  • Glover, A. (2008) Accelerating the SME Economic Engine: Through Transparent, Simple and Strategic Procurement, Office of Public Sector Information, London.
  • HM Treasury (2008) The Pre-Budget Report 2008, HM Treasury, London.
  • Hughes, M. (2005) Evaluation of the Local Government Procurement Agenda: Baseline Survey Report, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, London.
  • Magee, M. and Brown, C. (2008) Managing in a Downturn: Delivering Public Sector Change in a Volatile Market, PricewaterhouseCoopers, London.
  • Michaelis, C., McGuire, M., Ferguson, L., (2003) SBS Diversity in Public Sector Procurement Survey, Databuild Ltd.
  • O'Farrell, P.N. and Hitchens, D.M.W.N. (1988) Alternative Theories of Small-Firm Growth: A Critical Review, Environment and Planning A, 20, 10, pp. 1365-1383.
  • Pye, J. and Ball, D. (1999) Purchasing Consortia: Trends and Activity in the UK, The Bottom Line; Managing Library Finances, 12, 1, pp. 12-18.
  • Ramsey, L. (2006) The New Public Procurement Directives: A Partial Solution to the Problems of Procurement Compliance, European Public Law, 12, 2.
  • Richard, D. (2008) Small Business and Government: The Richard Report, The Conservative Party, London.
  • Roberts, I. (2005) A Better Deal for Public Sector Procurement, Open Source Consortium.
  • Smith, P. and Hobbs A. (2001) SMEs and Public Sector Procurement, Small Business Service, Sheffield.
  • Veryard, R. (2001) Component-based business: Plug and Play, Springer, New York.
  • Welsh Assembly Government (2005) Opening Doors: The Charter for SME Friendly Procurement, Cardiff.
  • Wilkinson, A. (2007) Public Procurement - Quantifying Economic Value in the North East, Adam Wilkinson and Associates Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne.
  • Wood, A. (2004) Investigating UK Business Experiences of Competing for Public Contracts in Other EU Countries, HM Treasury and the Department of Trade and Industry, London.

Public Procurement

  • Anon (2008) "Think Small First": A Small Business Act for Europe [online] Accessed December 2009 Available from http://ec.europa.eu
  • Anon (2008) Up Against the Giants [online] Accessed: January 2009, Available from http://www.growingbusiness.co.uk
  • Atkinson, D. (1999) Project Finance, England: Daniel Atkinson Limited
  • Evans, R. and Mernagh, M.(2008) Making the most of Public Sector Opportunities, London: Freshminds Research
  • Freshminds Research (2008) Awarding more Government Contracts to SMEs would help Economy, UK
  • Gershon, P.(2003) Working Together [online] Accessed: December 2009, Available from: http://www.bipsolutions.com/
  • Hart, E. (2002) Welsh Business Partnership Council: Welsh Procurement Initiative Progress Report [online] Accessed: December 2009, Available from http://wales.gov.uk/?lang=en
  • Hughes, M. (2005) Evaluation of the Local Government Procurement Agenda: Baseline Survey Report, England: Institute of Local Government Studies
  • Jo, P., and Ball, D.(1999) Purchasing Consortia: Trends and Activity in the UK The Bottomline: Managing Library Finances, 12, 1, pp. 12-18
  • Roberts, Iain., Timmins, R.,Welch,J. and Malcolm,M.(2005) A Better Deal for Public Sector Procurement Open Source Consortium Briefing Paper Vol.1.1, pp. 1-9
  • Southwood, E.,(2006) Realising Best Practice in Procurement and Contract Management CBI - Voice of Business

Scotland Specific Documents

  • Carley, M. (2006) Partnership and Statutory Local Governance in a Devolved Scotland , International Journal of Public Sector Management, 19, 3, pp. 250-260.
  • Hellowell, M., and Pollock, A. (2007) New Development: The PFI: Scotland's Plan for Expansion and it's Implications, Public Money and Management.
  • Hood, J. and McGarvey, N. (2002) Managing the Risks of Public - Private Partnerships in Scottish Local Government, Policy Studies, 23, 1.
  • The Improvement Service (2008), Annual Report 2007-2008, Scottish Executive, Edinburgh.
  • McClelland, J. (2006), Review of Public Procurement in Scotland: Report and Recommendations, Scottish Executive, Edinburgh.
  • Rosie S. (2002) The PFI's View, The PFI Report Focus on Scotland.
  • Scottish Executive (2004) Building a Better Scotland, Scottish Executive, Edinburgh.
  • Scottish Executive (2007) Choosing Scotland's Future, Scottish Executive, Edinburgh.
  • The Scottish Government (2007) Public Procurement Reform Programme: General Programme Overview, The Scottish Government, Edinburgh.
  • The Scottish Government (2007) Public Procurement Reform Programme: People and Skills, The Scottish Government, Edinburgh.
  • The Scottish Government (2007 ), Public Procurement Reform Programme: Procurement Development, The Scottish Government, Edinburgh.
  • The Scottish Government (2007), Public Procurement Reform Programme: Procurement Policy, The Scottish Government, Edinburgh.
  • The Scottish Government (2007), Public Procurement Reform Programme: Sustainable Public Procurement, The Scottish Government, Edinburgh.
  • The Scottish Government (2008) Public Procurement Reform Programme: Scottish Procurement Policy Handbook, The Scottish Government, Edinburgh.
  • The Scottish Government (2008), Scottish Procurement Directorate, The Scottish Government, Edinburgh.
  • Scottish Procurement Directorate (2004) Buyers' Guide to Working with Small and Medium Sizes Enterprises, Scottish Executive, Edinburgh.
  • Waters-Fuller, N. (1996) The Benefits and Costs of JIT Sourcing: A Study of Scottish Suppliers, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, 26, 4, pp. 35-50.

SME Collaboration

  • Atherton, A. (2003) Examining Cluster Formation from the Bottom-up: An Analysis of Four Cases in the North of England, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 21, 1, pp. 21-35.
  • Anslinger, P. and Jenk, J. (2004) Creating successful alliances, Journal of Business Strategy, 25, 2, pp. 18-22.
  • Bishop, P., (2003) Competition and Collaboration in the Provision of Public Services: The Case of the UK Defence Sector, Journal of Finance and Management in Public Services, 3, 1.
  • Department of Finance and Personnel (2004) Public Procurement: A Guide for Small and Medium Enterprises, Central Procurement Directorate on behalf of the Procurement Board, Belfast.
  • Dyer, J. (1997) Effective Interfirm Collaboration: How Firms Minimize Transaction Costs and Maximise Firm Value, Strategic Management Journal, 18, 535-556.
  • Jost, G., Dawson, M. and Shaw, D. (2005), Private Sector Consortia Working for a Public Sector Client - Factors that Build Successful Relationships: Lessons from the UK, European Management Journal, Vol. 23 No. 3, pp. 336-350
  • Bologna SME Conference Business Symposium (2000) Issues Paper: Local Partnership, Clusters and SME Collaboration.
  • Rounthwaite, T. (1994) Changing Token Joint Working into Successful Service Partnership , Managing Service Quality, 4, 2, pp. 51-54.
  • Rounthwaite, T. (1994) Partnerships in the Public Sector, Managing Service Quality, 4, 3, pp. 46-48.
  • Rounthwaite, T. (1994) Tackling "Uneven Development" to Provide Effective Multi-agency Provision, Managing Service Quality, 4, 5, pp. 39-41.
  • Rounthwaite, T. and Shell, I. (1995) Designing Quality Partnerships, The TQM Magazine, 7, 1, pp. 54-58.
  • Scorecard Working Party (2008) Evaluating SME experiences of Government procurement, British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, Federation of Small Businesses and Confederation of British Industry, London.

Social Enterprise Collaboration

  • East Oxford Action (2007) Partnerships and Consortia The Way Forward?, Briefing Paper Number 4, East Oxford Action, Oxford.
  • Gazley, B and Brudney, J.L. (n/d) The Purpose (and perils) of Government-Non-profit Partnership, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.
  • Jang, H. and Feiock, R.(2007) Public and Private Funding Reliance of Nonprofit Organizations: Implications for Interorganizational Collaboration, Public Productivity and Management Review.
  • Office for the Third Sector (2008) Working in a Consortium: A Guide for Third Sector Organisations involved in Public Service Delivery, Cabinet Office, England.
  • Voluntary Organisation Network for the North East (2007) Commissioning and Procurement in the Public and Third Sectors: A Framework for Action in the North East, North East Improvement and Efficiency Partnership, Newcastle upon Tyne.

International Documents

  • Balwinder, S.,(1999) India: Procurement Frauds Journal of Financial Crime, Vol.7 No.2., pp 183 - 185
  • Bart, S. and Steinweg T.,(2008) Sustainable Procurement in a European Context: Practises of IT Procurement in Five EU Countries, Europe: Procure IT Fair
  • Fee, R., Erridge, A. and Hennigan, S.(2002) SMEs and Government Purchasing in Northern Ireland: Problems and Opportunities European Business Review, Vol. 14 No.5, pp 326-334
  • Gelderman, C., Ghijsen, P. and Brugman, M.(2006) Public Procurement and EU Tendering Directives - Explaining Non-Compliance International Journal of Public Sector Management, Vol. 19 No.7, pp 702 - 714
  • Love, P.,Davis, P., Edwards, D. and Baccarini, D.,(2008) Uncertainty Avoidance: Public Sector Clients and Procurement Selection International Journal of Public Sector Management, 21, 7, pp 753 - 756
  • Martin, S. and Hartley, K. (1997) Public Purchasing in the European Union: Some Evidence from Contract Awards International Journal of Public Sector Management, Vol 10. No. 4, pp 279 - 293
  • Palaneeswaran, E., Kumaraswamy, M. and Thomas N.(2003) Targeting Optimum Value in Public Sector Projects through "Best Value" - Focussed Contractor Selection Engineering, Construction and Architechtural Management, Vol 10. No. 6, pp 418-431
  • Raymond, J. (2008) Benchmarking in Public Procurement Benchmarking: An International Journal , Vol 15 No.6, pp 782 - 793
  • Roodhoft, F. and Abbeele, A.(2006) Public Procurement of Consulting Services: Evidence and Comparison with Private Companies International Journal of Public Sector Management, Vol. 19 No.5, pp 490 - 512
  • Schiele, J. and McQue, C.,(2006) Professional Service Acquisition in Public Sector Procurement International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol.26 No.3, pp 300 - 325
  • Sodhi, J.,(2007) Report on Enterprise Social Responsibility & SME Cluster Development, India: United Nations Industrial Organisational Cluster Development Programme
  • Sonntagbauer, P.,(2008) Peppol Consortium and e-Procurement in European Union, India: E-Gov Asia
  • Steane, P. and Walker, D.,(2000) Competitive Tendering and Contracting Public Sector Services in Australia - A Facilities Management Issue Facilities Vol. 18 No. 5/6, pp 245 - 255

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