Anticorruption in Public Procurement - A Qualitative Research Design

This qualitative approach to research develops a case oriented design in order to examine risks of corruption in public procurement. The method involves expert interviews as the most important data collection tool and explains how to examine the information by means of a qualitative content analyze. In order to develop rigor results, the concepts of external validity, construct validity, internal validity and reliability are applied. The research design was adopted in two field investigations: A first project focuses on the challenges and chances for anticorruption when awarding contracts in a competitive dialogue. For this purpose, data was collected in an investigation of the German construction market. The results are presented in form of 16 propositions, also including policy recommendations and approaches for reform. In the framework of a further case based research project, the paper analyzes the organizational structure and working process of "China's Tangible Construction Market" (TCM). The TCM is an administrative institution where a bid inviter can register in order to announce a public need and conduct a procurement procedure at a fixed location. The analysis of expert interviews conducted during an investigation of the Chinese construction market shows that the TCM offers strong institutional support that can be helpful to curb corruption in public procurement

Level thesis:degree_level

thesis.doctoral

Grantor dc:publisher

Universität Passau

Year

2012

Author dc:creator

• Beck, Lotte

Contributors dc:contributor

• Lambsdorff, Johann Graf

• Antikorruption
• Wettbewerblicher Dialog
• Experteninterview
• Inhaltsanalyse
• Fallstudien
• Anticorruption
• Procurement
• construction
• interview
• competitive dialogue
• Tangible Construction Market

Statement dc:rights

• Standardbedingung laut Einverständniserklärung

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https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-uni-passau/frontdoor/index/index/docId/169

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