PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF ELECTRONIC PURCHASES: SELECTION OF THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS

Abstract

This research aims to identify the characteristics of international publications on the subject of public procurement in electronic form. The methodology applied was the Knowledge Development Process – Constructivist (ProKnow-C) to research and support the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the articles. The selection process resulted in a final Bibliographic Portfolio (BP) of 32 relevant scientific articles aligned with the research theme. As a result, the following stand out: (i) Juan Carlos Barahona and Andrey M. Elizondo as outstanding authors of the portfolio with 3 articles each; (ii) the article Can Electronic Procurement Improve Infrastructure Provision? Evidence from Public Works in India and Indonesia, by authors S. Lewis-Faupel, Y. Neggers, B. A. Olken and R. Pande is the most cited, with 254 citations; (iii) Six journals published two articles each from the PB Final; (iv) Malaysia and the United States stand out as the countries that most published articles in the area; and (v) the keywords that stood out the most were e-procurement, with 18 occurrences, public procurement with 10 occurrences and e-government with 8 occurrences.