Empowering Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Public Procurement – Policy Brief
Continue the SAPIENS Policy Brief Series with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in public procurement!
Xinyue Xue
Xinyue Xue conducts her research at The University of Birmingham on empowering SMEs in procurement. She has a background in Law and Economics. Originally from China, she has studied at China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) and Peking University (PKU). After that, she completed the programme European Master in Law & Economics (EMLE) with a full scholarship.
Empowering Small Businesses: The Impact of Reserved Contracts in U.S. Federal Procurement – Working Paper Series
Check out this new working paper by our early-stage researcher Xinyue Xue discussing reserved contracts for small businesses in U.S. Federal procurement!
New Age of Sustainability in Public Procurement – SAPIENS Scientific Webinar Ⅱ
Public procurement holds immense potential as a policy tool to advance sustainability, encompassing not only environmental considerations but also social and economic aspects. From empowering small businesses, especially women-owned enterprises, to integrating...
4th International Conference on Public Procurement Law in Africa – Sustainable Development Goals & Opportunities Towards 2030
Our early-stage researchers Aura, Chiara, Laura and Xinyue, had the opportunity to give presentations at the Fourth International Conference on Public Procurement Law Africa 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Are you our new colleague? Job opening for a research assistant at the Lodz University of Technology (Poland)
The SAPIENS Network fellowship at the Lodz University of Technology (Poland) is now open for applications! The researcher will work within the Institute of Marketing and Sustainable Development on the research project “Sustainability and Procurement tools for circular textiles”.
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and EU Defence Procurement Law
In a recently published article, the SAPIENS Director of Training and Belgian Air Force Colonel Baudouin Heuninckx investigate “Small and Medium-size Enterprises and EU Defence Procurement Law: The Soft Impact of Recommendation 2018/624/EU” (2023) 32 Public Procurement Law Review 115-140.
How does the US federal government contract with small businesses? – An introduction to set-aside procurement
In May 2023, our Early-Stage Researchers Natalia Spataru, Valentina Bianchini and Xinyue Xue were seconded to our partner organisation George Washington University Law School in Washington DC, USA. In this blog post, Xinyue shares her experience researching relevant rules and practices for promoting small businesses in US federal procurement. Her PhD project at the University of Birmingham focuses on facilitating Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in public procurement.
Invigorating SMEs & Startups through Public Procurement Market – World Bank event
IntroductionOn 8 November 2022, our lead researcher Professor Martin Trybus was invited as one of three speakers to present about SMEs in public procurement at an online seminar on “Invigorating SMEs & Start-ups through Public Procurement Markets” organised by...
SAPIENS’s Panel at the Public Procurement Global Revolution XI Conference
On the 13th and 14th of June 2022, the Public Procurement Global Revolution XI Conference was held at the University of Nottingham. Organised by Professor Annamaria La Chimia and Dr Peter Trepte, the conference was aimed at sharing and discussing up-to-date...
