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Professor Christopher Bovis' Outputs (39)

A Critical Assessment of the EU Public Procurement Directives: reforming the public and utilities markets in the EU (2024)
Journal Article
Bovis, C. (2024). A Critical Assessment of the EU Public Procurement Directives: reforming the public and utilities markets in the EU. International Company and Commercial Law Review, 35(10), 547-561

This article evaluates the objectives of the legal framework on public procurement in the European Union and evaluates its contribution to the internal market. A critical analysis of the public procurement acquis's evolution is set out, which reveals... Read More about A Critical Assessment of the EU Public Procurement Directives: reforming the public and utilities markets in the EU.

Qatar Services Marketing and Customer Relationship Under Political Blockade by Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt (2024)
Thesis
Al-Mannai, H. (2024). Qatar Services Marketing and Customer Relationship Under Political Blockade by Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4913302

Contemporary businesses face multiple challenges in attracting and retaining customers, particularly in the service industry, due to geopolitical events such as the Qatar blockade, the Russia-Ukraine war, and economic downturns. In particular, the Qa... Read More about Qatar Services Marketing and Customer Relationship Under Political Blockade by Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt.

The International Procurement Instrument: a device to protect or to equalise the playing field. (2024)
Journal Article
Bovis, C. (in press). The International Procurement Instrument: a device to protect or to equalise the playing field. The Company Lawyer,

European and British companies face restrictions in accessing markets in third countries. The purpose of the IPI Instrument, as a commercial policy instrument, is to restrict access to the EU internal market, including the area of public contracts, f... Read More about The International Procurement Instrument: a device to protect or to equalise the playing field..

State aid and the evolution of transport law (2024)
Journal Article
Bovis, C. (2024). State aid and the evolution of transport law. e-Competitions Antitrust Case Laws e-Bulletin, Article 116819

The evolution of transport law in the European Union has been in synchronous mode with the application of state aid
acquis in the relevant sectors, which has an exceptional character. Although in general conformity with the broader remit of state ai... Read More about State aid and the evolution of transport law.

Damages in Public Procurement: Triple Damages Claims Available for Breaches of Public Procurement Law (2024)
Journal Article
Bovis, C. (2024). Damages in Public Procurement: Triple Damages Claims Available for Breaches of Public Procurement Law. European Procurement and Public Private Partnership Law Review, 19(2), 104-109. https://doi.org/10.21552/epppl/2024/2/5

The Remedies Directives leave Member States with a wide discretion as to the creation of the appropriate forum to receive complaints and legal actions against decisions of contracting authorities and utilities, as well as action for damages in public... Read More about Damages in Public Procurement: Triple Damages Claims Available for Breaches of Public Procurement Law.

The affirmation of Public Private Partnerships as modality for delivering public services: The incorporation of the Concessions Directive 2014/23 into domestic legal systems. (2024)
Journal Article
Bovis, C. (2024). The affirmation of Public Private Partnerships as modality for delivering public services: The incorporation of the Concessions Directive 2014/23 into domestic legal systems. European Procurement and Public Private Partnership Law Review, 19(3), 174-190. https://doi.org/10.21552/epppl/2024/3/5

Concessions and public private partnerships are contractual agreements that are characterized by their high value, complexity, and long-term nature. The key elements of these agreements include granting the concessionaire the right to utilize and ben... Read More about The affirmation of Public Private Partnerships as modality for delivering public services: The incorporation of the Concessions Directive 2014/23 into domestic legal systems..

The ten-year anniversary of public procurement reforms: a critical assessment of the European Union public procurement Directives (2024)
Journal Article
Bovis, C. H. (2024). The ten-year anniversary of public procurement reforms: a critical assessment of the European Union public procurement Directives. ERA-Forum, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12027-024-00798-5

This article evaluates the objectives of the legal framework on public procurement in the European Union and assesses its contribution to the internal market. The author provides for a critical analysis of the evolution of the public procurement acqu... Read More about The ten-year anniversary of public procurement reforms: a critical assessment of the European Union public procurement Directives.

Partnerships: its importance in the development of Iraq (2023)
Thesis
Al-Jabori, M. A. Partnerships: its importance in the development of Iraq. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4443557

This doctoral thesis comprehensively examines the multifaceted challenges faced by Iraq in its ongoing post-war reconstruction and development phase after the US invasion in 2003. A significant impediment to progress lies in the pervasive lack of rob... Read More about Partnerships: its importance in the development of Iraq.

The Nature and Character of the Public Markets and Their Effects on Public Procurement in the European Union (2022)
Journal Article
Bovis, C. (2022). The Nature and Character of the Public Markets and Their Effects on Public Procurement in the European Union. Studia Iuridica Lublinensia, 31(4), 9-27. https://doi.org/10.17951/sil.2022.31.4.9-27

The regulation of public procurement in the European Union focuses on the internal market and its function in accordance with the fundamental freedoms. It aims at installing a behaviour for the public sector which is similar dynamics to the function... Read More about The Nature and Character of the Public Markets and Their Effects on Public Procurement in the European Union.

Conceptualizing political campaign messaging in an election - the case study of the 2016 presidential election in Ghana (2022)
Thesis
Adutwum, S. Conceptualizing political campaign messaging in an election - the case study of the 2016 presidential election in Ghana. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4247155

Political campaign messaging is acclaimed as one of the three critical success factors in winning a competitive election. With Ghana’s virtual two-party political system, formulating attractive campaign message for election becomes imperative. This s... Read More about Conceptualizing political campaign messaging in an election - the case study of the 2016 presidential election in Ghana.

An examination of the motivations for the foreign acquisitions of the local banks : a case study of the Egyptian banks (2021)
Thesis
Abdel-Aziz, H. A. M. (2021). An examination of the motivations for the foreign acquisitions of the local banks : a case study of the Egyptian banks. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4223512

Opposite to the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, where there were several foreign banks joint ventures and branches of foreign banks established; the initial years of 2000s, in particular, between 2005-2010, had witnessed of established a wave of foreign banks M... Read More about An examination of the motivations for the foreign acquisitions of the local banks : a case study of the Egyptian banks.

Sustaining Public–Private Partnerships for Public Service Provision Through Democratically Accountable Practices (2021)
Journal Article
Onyoin, M., & Bovis, C. H. (in press). Sustaining Public–Private Partnerships for Public Service Provision Through Democratically Accountable Practices. Administration and Society, https://doi.org/10.1177/00953997211030516

Despite the multiple stakeholder-centered complexities involved, the public–private partnership (PPP) modality is increasingly the vehicle of choice for the provision of public services in the developing world. This article asks how PPPs might overco... Read More about Sustaining Public–Private Partnerships for Public Service Provision Through Democratically Accountable Practices.

Power and trust : analysis of the effects of deglobalisation and financial technology in the United Kingdom, United States and European Union (2021)
Thesis
Hayes, C. J. (2021). Power and trust : analysis of the effects of deglobalisation and financial technology in the United Kingdom, United States and European Union. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224417

This thesis researched the effects deglobalisation and financial technology are having on the United Kingdom, United States and European Union since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Particular attention is paid to financial services, as it is... Read More about Power and trust : analysis of the effects of deglobalisation and financial technology in the United Kingdom, United States and European Union.

Policy and institutional enablers of public–private partnerships in the electricity sector in Uganda: a multi-level and path dependence perspective (2020)
Journal Article
Onyoin, M., & Bovis, C. (2021). Policy and institutional enablers of public–private partnerships in the electricity sector in Uganda: a multi-level and path dependence perspective. The International journal of public sector management, 34(1), 51-70. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPSM-01-2020-0026

Purpose: This paper explains the evident disproportionality in the levels of adoption of the modality of public–private partnerships (PPPs) in Uganda by tracing the peculiar preconditions and enablers of the model's relative high adoption in the elec... Read More about Policy and institutional enablers of public–private partnerships in the electricity sector in Uganda: a multi-level and path dependence perspective.

Public sector (PS) procurement : improving the outcomes of procurement (2020)
Thesis
Addy, S. N. (2020). Public sector (PS) procurement : improving the outcomes of procurement. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222789

The UK public sector spends approximately 12.5% of GDP buying goods and services. Failures in procurement activity are not uncommon. The economic shock of 2008 and now the consequences of Covid-19 mean that preventing failure with better value for mo... Read More about Public sector (PS) procurement : improving the outcomes of procurement.

Post contractual governance of public-private partnerships (PPPs) : an institutional analysis of a Ugandan case (2020)
Thesis
Onyoin, M. (2020). Post contractual governance of public-private partnerships (PPPs) : an institutional analysis of a Ugandan case. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222614

There are significant indications that Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model of organization will continue to gain prominence and usability in the provision of public services and in the development, operation and maintenance of public infrastructur... Read More about Post contractual governance of public-private partnerships (PPPs) : an institutional analysis of a Ugandan case.

The effect of leadership on corporate governance through the integration of corporate social responsibility : perspectives from the boards of directors and chief executive officers of the Libyan commercial banks (2019)
Thesis
Alshaikh, K. A. (2019). The effect of leadership on corporate governance through the integration of corporate social responsibility : perspectives from the boards of directors and chief executive officers of the Libyan commercial banks. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222383

Corporate Governance (CG), Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and leadership have become such related concepts that each concept is a supplement and/or a complement to the other. CG, for example, has come to govern the principle-agent relationship... Read More about The effect of leadership on corporate governance through the integration of corporate social responsibility : perspectives from the boards of directors and chief executive officers of the Libyan commercial banks.

Factors affecting customer loyalty of different strategic groups in the Vietnamese supermarket sector (2019)
Thesis
Nguyen, T. D. E. (2019). Factors affecting customer loyalty of different strategic groups in the Vietnamese supermarket sector. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221597

The main objective of this research is to investigate factors affecting customer loyalty of different supermarket strategic groups, as the term of strategic groups in the grocery sector appears to have been ignored by most researchers and the topic o... Read More about Factors affecting customer loyalty of different strategic groups in the Vietnamese supermarket sector.

Utilities procurement: the state of play before Brexit (2019)
Journal Article
Bovis, C. (2019). Utilities procurement: the state of play before Brexit. Utilities Law Review, VOL 23(1), 18-27

Utilities procurement resembles commercial procurement practices and its regulation provides many deviations from the Public Sector Procurement Directives. Utilities procurement regulation is different from public sector procurement regulation and it... Read More about Utilities procurement: the state of play before Brexit.

Systemic risk in major public contracts (2018)
Journal Article
Bloomfield, K., Williams, T., Bovis, C., & Merali, Y. (2019). Systemic risk in major public contracts. International Journal of Forecasting, 35(2), 667-676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2018.10.005

This paper presents a novel approach to the characterisation of “systemic risk” in the context of public sector procurement and contracting. We argue that contemporary risk management practices in project and programme management exhibit a number of... Read More about Systemic risk in major public contracts.

Systemic risk in public sector outsourcing contracts (2018)
Thesis
Bloomfield, K. (2018). Systemic risk in public sector outsourcing contracts. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221366

The research presented in this thesis responds to a call towards the expansion of current perceptions of risk in complex organisational settings. Observing the literature, it becomes apparent that risk in projects is frequently treated as independent... Read More about Systemic risk in public sector outsourcing contracts.

Public procurement and state aid (2016)
Book Chapter
Bovis, C. (2016). Public procurement and state aid. In H. Hofmann, & C. Micheau (Eds.), State Aid Law of the European Union. Oxford University Press

Research handbook on EU public procurement law (2016)
Book
Bovis, C. (Ed.). (2016). Research handbook on EU public procurement law. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781953266

The Research Handbook on EU Public Procurement Law makes a major contribution to our understanding of the EU public procurement regime, at a time when it is being implemented by the EU Member States, and of the pivotal role that this will play for th... Read More about Research handbook on EU public procurement law.

The case of internationalizing banks and the knowledge transfer process (2016)
Thesis
Nomhwange, S. (2016). The case of internationalizing banks and the knowledge transfer process. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219275

Central to this thesis is the examination of cross border knowledge transfer mechanisms in multinational banks from emerging and advanced economies. Applying the Knowledge Based View, the Network theory, and Springboard perspective, this study advoca... Read More about The case of internationalizing banks and the knowledge transfer process.

Under the shadow of sharia law : the implementation of Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) provisions by Saudi Arabian government tenders and procurement law (2016)
Thesis
Alzaben, A. A. (2016). Under the shadow of sharia law : the implementation of Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) provisions by Saudi Arabian government tenders and procurement law. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218986

This research is a scientific study about the approach of sharia law to the implementation of the requirements of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) in government tenders and procurement law in Saudi Arabia... Read More about Under the shadow of sharia law : the implementation of Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) provisions by Saudi Arabian government tenders and procurement law.

Risk in public-private partnerships and critical infrastructure (2015)
Journal Article
Bovis, C. H. (2015). Risk in public-private partnerships and critical infrastructure. European Journal of Risk Regulation, 6(2), 200-207. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1867299x00004505

The process risk allocation is essential for effective PPP contracts, depending on the scope of defined tasks and responsibilities between the parties in their quest to deliver public services. However, risk in critical infrastructure is sui generis... Read More about Risk in public-private partnerships and critical infrastructure.

A risk based approach to enhancing public-private partnership (PPP) projects in Nigeria (2013)
Thesis
Nwangwu, G. A. (2013). A risk based approach to enhancing public-private partnership (PPP) projects in Nigeria. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215781

This thesis investigated the sources of the problems with Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects in Nigeria. The reason for this enquiry is as a result of the multitude of problems threatening the collapse of most of the concluded projects. Theref... Read More about A risk based approach to enhancing public-private partnership (PPP) projects in Nigeria.

EU public procurement, the social dimension and its building capacity (2013)
Thesis
Calleja, A. (2013). EU public procurement, the social dimension and its building capacity. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215869

This thesis attempts to prove how the flexible application of public procurement has the potential to realise a social model of integration in the European Union wherein the European citizen is the key actor in the integration process.

The integra... Read More about EU public procurement, the social dimension and its building capacity.

The recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in Saudi Arabia : an examination of the function of article (V) of the 1958 New York Convention in the Saudi legal order (2013)
Thesis
Almuhaidb, Y. (2013). The recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in Saudi Arabia : an examination of the function of article (V) of the 1958 New York Convention in the Saudi legal order. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215214

[From the introduction:] This thesis argues that Art. V (2) (b) of the NYC, which states that recognition and enforcement may be refused by a competent authority if enforcement of the awards would be contrary to the public policy of the country in qu... Read More about The recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in Saudi Arabia : an examination of the function of article (V) of the 1958 New York Convention in the Saudi legal order.

Future directions in public service partnerships in the EU (2013)
Journal Article
Bovis, C. (2013). Future directions in public service partnerships in the EU. European business law review, 24(1), 548-592

Public-Private Partnerships reveal complex forms of co-operation between the state and private actors which exceed the remit of traditional contractual interface, moving into a strategic sphere of public sector management. Public-Private Partnerships... Read More about Future directions in public service partnerships in the EU.

Public procurement in the EU: jurisprudence and conceptual directions (2012)
Journal Article
Bovis, C. H. (2012). Public procurement in the EU: jurisprudence and conceptual directions. Common Market Law Review, 49(1), 247-290

The present article reviews the emerging conceptual themes from the case law of the European Court of Justice which have triggered the revision of the public procurement Directives, and the alignment of the public procurement acquis with the Europe 2... Read More about Public procurement in the EU: jurisprudence and conceptual directions.

Public procurement and public services in the EU (2012)
Book Chapter
Bovis, C. (2012). Public procurement and public services in the EU. In I. Lianos, & O. Odudu (Eds.), Regulating Trade in Services in the EU and the WTO: Trust, Distrust and Economic Integration (147-170). The University of Hull. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139022118.008

Introduction The regulation of public procurement has been an instrumental component of the EU Common Market, as it has provided a platform for economic, legal and policy justifications in order to eliminate non-tariff barriers. Public procurement in... Read More about Public procurement and public services in the EU.

Chapter 4 the role and function of structural and cohesion funds and the interaction of the EU regional policy with the internal market policies (2010)
Book Chapter
Bovis, C. (2011). Chapter 4 the role and function of structural and cohesion funds and the interaction of the EU regional policy with the internal market policies. In The Role of the Regions in EU Governance (81-108). The University of Hull. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11903-3_4

The European Regional policy should contribute to increasing growth, competitiveness and employment by incorporating the Union's priorities for sustainable development as defined at the Lisbon European Council and at the Göteborg European Council. Ar... Read More about Chapter 4 the role and function of structural and cohesion funds and the interaction of the EU regional policy with the internal market policies.

The alignment of the Saudi legal system with the international rules of electronic commerce (2008)
Thesis
Almasoud, S. (2008). The alignment of the Saudi legal system with the international rules of electronic commerce. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4214875

This thesis deals with fundamental questions of compatibility and
adaptation in the regulation of electronic commerce as it impacts on the norms
and precepts of Islamic law. It finds that in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the
response of the religio... Read More about The alignment of the Saudi legal system with the international rules of electronic commerce.