Naval Postgraduate School
A comparison: procurement practices of Government-oriented and commercial-oriented businesses
comparisonprocur00klin.pdf (7.329Mb)Abstract
This thesis examines differences in the procurement
practices of Government-oriented businesses and commercial-oriented
businesses.
A survey was conducted of various businesses within
California, several questions were asked in the topic areas
of long term contracting, subcontracting, source development
and contract administration. The responses are stratified
and compared in this baseline study.
While differences exist among the two groups, they
share many similarities that are also presented in the study.
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