Facilitators of Public E-Procurement: Lessons Learned from the U.K., U.S., and Australian Initiatives

This chapter presents the results of a literature survey developed to support a proposed model of the facilitators likely to impact the success of electronic procurement (E-procurement) initiatives in the public sector. It identifies a number of relevant variables for facilitator and presents a proposition for future research. The chapter analyzes the relative importance of different facilitators and argues that organization and management factors are the most important category for success of E-procurement initiatives. It discusses the background, requirements, and the barriers to E-procurement implementation in the public sector. The chapter provides an analysis of the relative importance of the facilitators and focuses on the differences and similarities of E-procurement projects compared with traditional information technology projects in the public sector. It examines a number of specialized reports on E-procurement initiatives in the UK, US, and Australian public sectors readily available to practitioners and decision makers.