Identifying the drivers and barriers of the public sector procurement of products with recycled material or recovered content: a systematic review and research propositions

Public organizations need to consider employees' cautious perceptions of the increased cost of remanufacturing, which are often due to a lack of life cycle cost approaches.

“Public organizations need to consider employees' cautious perceptions of the increased cost of remanufacturing, which are often due to a lack of life cycle cost approaches (Polonsky et al., 2022), w accentuated by additional time and energy spent on finding green alternatives (Rane and Thakker, 2020).”

This complexity becomes more evident in a decentralized organization and can lead to internal conflicts.

“This becomes more evident in a decentralized organization and can lead to internal conflicts (Polonsky et al., 2022).”

This complexity is also due to internal actors with different objectives for the procurement criteria used.

“This complexity is also due to internal actors with different objectives for, e.g., the procurement criteria used.”

The perception of increased cost of remanufacturing is often due to a lack of life cycle cost perspective.

“In fact, the perception of increased cost of remanufacturing is often due to a lack of life cycle cost perspective (Polonsky et al., 2022).”

Decentralization is known to add to the complexity of procurement processes in organizations where confusion exists due to the mix of policy and guidelines at different levels.

“Decentralization is known to add to the complexity of procurement processes (Polonsky et al., 2022) in organizations where confusion exists due to the mix of policy and guidelines at different levels (Meehan and Bryde, 2011).”

In a decentralized organization, different actors have diverse perspectives and use diverse criteria, which can cause internal conflicts in a procurement setting.

“In a decentralized organization, different actors have diverse perspectives and use diverse criteria, which can cause internal conflicts in a procurement setting (Polonsky et al., 2022).”