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Factors of industrial enterprises’ access to public procurement in 2019-2022
This paper, based on the surveys of manufacturing enterprises in 2022, analyzed the influence of formal state-business connections on enterprises’ chances of winning public contracts, and the dynamics of changes in firms access to public procurement in 2019-2022. We use information on state ownership, the firms’ membership in business associations, and assistance provided to local and regional governments in the social development of the region, and the support provided by federal, regional, and local authorities to firms as the main indicators of such connections. The analysis showed that in 2019-2022, procurement contracts were more often received by small enterprises - members of business associations. Medium and large enterprises with state participation in ownership more often received procurement contracts in 2019-2022, while small enterprises only in 2019-2020, and in 2021-2022 the factor of state participation ceased to be significant. At the same time, the presence of foreign participation in ownership turned out to be a significant factor that negatively correlates with the receipt of procurement contracts only for medium and large enterprises. Firms providing assistance to authorities in the social development of the region in 2019-2022 more often received procurement contracts. Therefore, we can speak of the maintaining of the “model of exchange” between small firms and regional authorities. However, firms receiving direct financial or organizational support did not provide additional advantages.
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