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Coordinated unbundling: A way to stimulate entrepreneurship through public procurement for innovation

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  • Bram Timmermans
  • Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia

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Public procurement for innovation is a matter of using public demand to trigger innovation. Empirical studies have demonstrated that demand-based policy instruments can be considered to be a powerful tool in stimulating innovative processes among existing firms. However, the existing literature has not focused on the role this policy instrument can play in the promotion of (knowledge-intensive) entrepreneurship. This paper investigates this link in more detail and introduces the concept of coordinated unbundling as a strategy that can facilitate this purpose. We also present a framework for organising public procurement for innovation around this unbundling strategy and provide a set of challenges that need to be addressed. Copyright The Author 2013. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com, Oxford University Press.

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  • Bram Timmermans & Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, 2013. "Coordinated unbundling: A way to stimulate entrepreneurship through public procurement for innovation," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 40(5), pages 674-685, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:40:y:2013:i:5:p:674-685
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