... contracting Purchasing Steven Borobia and Louise Knight gratefully acknowledge funding received from BMS Signature Fund of the University of Twente. Funding: Steven Borobia and Louise Knight gratefully acknowledge funding received from BMS Signature Fund of the University of Twente...

...François Constant; Thomas Johnsen Purpose This paper explores the precedents for purchasing to contribute effectively to innovation exploration. We investigate how purchasing can become aware of innovation opportunities, their incentives or motivations to explore and capture innovation...

... standard, low-priced device purchasing as opposed to value-adding devices with potentially higher overall health outcomes. Framed in agency theory, we examine the conditions under which different actors involved in purchasing decisions select premium-priced, value-adding medical devices over low-priced...

... Coopetition Purchasing Supply chain Network The importance of the craft brewing industry can be understood through its distinct ability to create diverse economic and social value. Direct economic outputs are captured at the local level and additional benefits are manifested through local identity...

...Christian F. Durach; Mary Parkinson; Frank Wiengarten; Mark Pagell Purpose Firms are increasingly required to make ethical choices when selecting suppliers for their supply chains, and the decisions often rest on individual purchasing managers within the firm. This study builds on the literature...

...Jury Gualandris; Hervé Legenvre; Matteo Kalchschmidt Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce and define the concept of purchasing ambidexterity in terms of two dimensions: balance dimension and combined dimension. The study proceeds to empirically examine the multiple performance effects...

... the establishment of the formal contract as well as contract management, and a mix of contract topics, some related to the customers’ experience and others purely buyer-supplier oriented, contribute to the alignment of buyer’s, suppliers’ and customers’ interests. Purchasing Contracting Social contract...

.... Design/methodology/approach A case study of a master’s level purchasing course carried out at two universities in which students work in projects resulting in jointly authored books. Findings The findings show how the teaching context influenced the learning process and the learning outcomes. Active...

...Madeleine Pullman; Robin Wikoff Purpose This purpose of this paper is to understand the environmental impacts of stakeholder-driven sustainable purchasing policies in institutional settings. Design/methodology/approach The research is framed using stakeholder and life cycle assessment (LCA...

... as well as the evaluation and selection process. Findings – Results are recommendations for the special situation of supplier innovation evaluation before their realization in the purchasing company. Research limitations/implications – Based on the recommendations, a systematic...

...) approaches and performance. Design/methodology/approach – A survey was sent to a sample of managers in the field of Purchasing and Supply Management in Spanish firms. Data were analysed using SmartPLS 2.0 to test a model that relates GSCM drivers, GSCM approaches and performance. Findings...

...Professor Brian Fynes and Professor Paul Coughlan; Robin von Haartman; Lars Bengtsson Purpose – The interest in global purchasing has increased significantly in recent years, but the impact on product innovation is not well understood. The purpose of this paper is to empirically analyse...

..., require different buyer-supplier interaction processes. Design/methodology/approach – The paper conducts an embedded case study based on dyadic data collection to investigate the purchase of cleaning services by Netherlands Railways (NS) from two suppliers. These services differ with regard to how...

...Kai Foerstl; Evi Hartmann; Finn Wynstra; Roger Moser Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a set of nine hypotheses linking four purchasing and supply management (PSM) practices directly to purchasing performance and indirectly to financial performance. Design/methodology/approach...

...Ahmed Doha; Ajay Das; Mark Pagell Purpose The purpose of this study is twofold. First, to examine the contingent role of the product life cycle on the efficacy of purchasing practices. Second, to use the results of the first investigation to explore the adequacy of the profit‐maximization...

...Chen‐Lung Yang; Ru‐Jen Lin; Dennis Krumwiede; Elizabeth Stickel; Chwen Sheu Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of purchasing activities and the purchasing function's involvement with corporate strategy on manufacturing competitiveness as it is affected by national...

...Rui Sousa; Pedro Oliveira; Davide Luzzini; Federico Caniato; Stefano Ronchi; Gianluca Spina Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a theoretically sound and empirically tested classification system composed of purchasing strategic categories as a basis for purchasing portfolio models...

... on service quality and satisfaction of internal or external customers. The major determinants affecting the intensity of quality management are the usage of the service by the buying company, the risk associated with quality failures, the degree of standardization, and volume of the purchased service...

...Javier González‐Benito Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of purchasing and supply strategies on business performance. Design/methodology/approach The empirical results are based on information provided on a questionnaire by purchasing managers in 180 Spanish industrial...

... of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply in the UK was completed. A total of 421 useable responses were received and analysed to evaluate hypotheses. The design also included efforts to identify the presence, and minimise the effects, of social acceptability bias. Findings The analysis indicates...