In a number of observed procurements, the buyer has employed an auction format that allows for a split-award outcome. We focus on settings where the range of uncertainty regarding scale economies is large and, depending on cost realizations, the efficient allocations include splitaward outcomes as well as sole-source outcomes (one active supplier). We examine the price performance and efficienc...

The fifth Ackermann Award is presented at this CSL’09, held in Coimbra, Portugal. This is the third year in which the EACSL Ackermann Award is generously sponsored. Our sponsor is the world’s leading provider of personal peripherals, Logitech S.A., situated in Romanel, Switzerland. Eligible for the 2009 Ackermann Award were PhD dissertations in topics specified by the EACSL and LICS conferences...