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Managing Organisational Changes for Collaboration Between Stakeholders in Sustainable Public Procurement
University of Gävle, Faculty of Engineering and Sustainable Development, Department of Industrial Management, Industrial Design and Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Management.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8014-9304
University of Gävle, Faculty of Engineering and Sustainable Development, Department of Industrial Management, Industrial Design and Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Management. University of Gävle, Center for Logistics and Innovative Production.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8305-4412
University of Gävle, Faculty of Engineering and Sustainable Development, Department of Industrial Management, Industrial Design and Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Management. University of Gävle, Center for Logistics and Innovative Production.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5541-7725
2025 (English)In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, ISSN 1535-3958, E-ISSN 1535-3966, Vol. 32, no 3, p. 3008-3026Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Sustainable public procurement (SPP) has been incorporating sustainability issues into commercial relationships between governments and businesses. SPP implementation can be undertaken with the support of organisational changes. Research has highlighted the role of stakeholders' collaboration in driving changes for SPP. However, there is limited understanding of the forces fostering and blocking the implementation of collaboration. This paper analyses drivers for and barriers to implementing collaboration in SPP, based on semi-structured interviews with SPP practitioners from different world regions (Brazil and Sweden). This paper provides a catalogue of forces influencing organisational changes towards collaboration in SPP (categorised into internal, connecting-protagonist, connecting-supporting and external), including 23 drivers, 40 barriers and 24 strategies to overcome such barriers. This paper also proposes an understanding of how organisational changes for collaboration are interconnected with changes for implementing SPP. Organisational changes for SPP must be understood as multiple and composite instead of single and monolithic.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Wiley , 2025. Vol. 32, no 3, p. 3008-3026
Keywords [en]
change management; collaboration between stakeholders; sustainability; sustainable public procurement
National Category
Other Mechanical Engineering Economics and Business
Research subject
Intelligent Industry
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-46303DOI: 10.1002/csr.3117ISI: 001395414600001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85214803455OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-46303DiVA, id: diva2:1927029
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EU, Horizon 2020, 956696Available from: 2025-01-14 Created: 2025-01-14 Last updated: 2025-10-02Bibliographically approved
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1. Breaking the public procurement walls: Organisational changes for a collaborative approach towards sustainabillity
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Breaking the public procurement walls: Organisational changes for a collaborative approach towards sustainabillity
2025 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Sustainable public procurement (SPP) aims to foster sustainable consumption and production. SPP implementation has been addressed through several disciplinary approaches, entailing efforts to understand and manage organisational changes. Previous research has proposed collaboration between stakeholders as a driver for organisational changes towards implementing SPP. However, there is a research gap in providing a more complete understanding of collaboration in SPP.

This thesis provides a more complete understanding of collaboration in SPP, proposing a framework for understanding the complexity of implementing SPP – including knowledge on managing organisational changes for collaboration. This thesis is composed of five papers, supported by archival research and grounded theory as research strategies, and includes analysis of secondary data and interviews with SPP practitioners. The first provides an understanding of the elements comprising the SPP system, including stakeholder interactions. The second explores organisational changes for implementing SPP through an analysis of drivers. The third provides a more complete understanding of the barriers hindering organisational changes for SPP and strategies to overcome such barriers. The fourth analyses the elements of collaboration in SPP, including who collaborates, how to collaborate, why and why not collaborate, and collaboration facilitators. The fifth explores organisational changes for implementing collaboration in SPP.

This thesis’s findings shed light on the role of collaboration in SPP. Collaboration is a key force influencing organisational changes for SPP. However, there are limits to which aspects of SPP can be addressed through collaboration, and collaboration costs must be considered. Collaboration can break the public procurement walls but is not a silver bullet for implementing SPP. This thesis contributes to organisational change management for sustainability and collaboration, providing a systemic approach to understanding SPP. The thesis offers practical tools to implement SPP better and promote collaboration, contributing to practitioners’ efforts.

Abstract [sv]

Hållbar offentlig upphandling (SPP) syftar till att främja hållbar konsumtion och produktion. SPP-implementeringen har undersökts genom flera disciplinära tillvägagångssätt, vilket innebär olika sätt att förstå och hantera organisatoriska förändringar. Tidigare forskning har föreslagit samarbete mellan intressenter som en drivkraft för förändringar mot SPP. Det finns dock en lucka i forskningen, då det saknas en helhetsförståelse för samverkan för SPP.

Denna avhandling ger en mer fullständig förståelse för samarbete i SPP, och föreslår ett ramverk för att förstå komplexiteten i att implementera SPP –inklusive kunskap om att hantera nödvändiga organisatoriska förändringar. Denna avhandling består av fem vetenskapliga artiklar, som bygger på arkivforskning och grundad teori som forskningsstrategier och inkluderar analyser av sekundärdata och intervjuer med SPP-utövare. Den första artikeln ger en holistisk förståelse för SPP-systemet, inklusive interaktioner med intressenter. Den andra och tredje artikeln utforskar krafter som driver och hindrar organisationsförändringarför SPP, såsom samverkan. Den fjärde analyserar på djupetinslagen av samverkan i SPP.  Den femte utforskar organisatoriska förändringar för samverkan i SPP.A

vhandlingens resultat belyser samverkans roll i SPP. Samarbete är en nyckelkraft som påverkar organisationsförändringar för SPP. Det finns dock gränser för vilka aspekter av SPP som kan hanteras genom samarbete. Samarbete kan också innebära kostnader, vilket också bör tas i beaktande.

Samarbete kan möjliggöra offentliga upphandlingar men är inte den enda faktorn för att framgångsrikt implementera SPP. SPP-implementering kräver också organisatoriska förändringar, men en ytterligare förändring måste genomföras för att använda en drivkraft som samarbete – förändringar för SPP är flera och sammansatta istället för enstaka och monolitiska.

Avhandlingen ger ett systemiskt förhållningssätt för att förstå SPP. Denna avhandling bidrar till litteraturen kring organisatorisk förändringsledning för hållbarhet och även litteraturen om samverkan. Denna avhandling bidrar också med praktiska verktyg för att bättre implementera SPP och främja samarbete

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Gävle: Gävle University Press, 2025. p. 106
Series
Doctoral thesis ; 59
Keywords
sustainability, public procurement, organisational changes, drivers, barriers, collaboration between stakeholders, hållbarhet, offentlig upphandling, organisationsförändringar, drivkrafter, barriärer, samverkan mellan intressenter
National Category
Industrial engineering and management
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-46607 (URN)978-91-89593-60-2 (ISBN)978-91-89593-61-9 (ISBN)
Public defence
2025-06-05, 12:108 Lilla Jadwiga, Kungsbäcksvägen 47, Gävle, 10:00 (English)
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Supervisors
Available from: 2025-05-09 Created: 2025-03-11 Last updated: 2025-10-02Bibliographically approved

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