Brand Specifications Lead to Higher Prices and Less Competition, Study Says
Brand Specifications Lead to Higher Prices and Less Competition, Study Says The inclusion of brand-name specifications in federal computer hardware procurement
Brand Specifications Lead to Higher Prices and Less Competition, Study Says
The inclusion of brand-name specifications in federal computer hardware procurement needlessly cost U.S. taxpayers up to $563 million, according to a new economic study by R. Preston McAfee, J. Stanley Johnson Professor of Business, Economics, and Management at the California Institute of Technology. The study, Improving Federal Procurement: The Benefits of Vendor-Neutral Contract Specifications, was commissioned by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), a provider of microprocessor solutions.
For a free copy of the executive summary, visit: www.govinfo.bz/5963-273.