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The paper reconstructs the path taken by the reform of public procurement in Italy which has gradually evolved from a and centralized market to an open and accessible one. Despite the development of the Electronic Public Administration Market Place (MEPA), information regarding its performance is scant. There are no available collected data on firm satisfaction. The paper discusses the role Consip, a public company owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, has played (and continues to play) to guide the decentralization of public e-procurement. At the same time it shows the results of a sample investigation aimed at analysing the level of satisfaction of small/medium enterprises (SMEs) participating in the MEPA.
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SpA stands for Limited Responsibility Company. This is a legal expression used for private companies, which has been extended also to public companies (owned totally or partially by the state).
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Based on interviews with CONSIP high-level decision makers.
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Adinolfi, R., Adinolfi, P., Marra, M. (2011). The Italian Electronic Public Administration Market Place: Small Firm Participation and Satisfaction. In: D'Atri, A., Ferrara, M., George, J., Spagnoletti, P. (eds) Information Technology and Innovation Trends in Organizations. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2632-6_7
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