...Xiying Zhang; Dirk Pieter van Donk; Chengyong Xiao; Madeleine Pullman Purpose This study aims to develop an in-depth understanding of how supplier selection helps social enterprises achieve their social missions while maintaining commercial viability. Design/methodology/approach The paper...

... of their effectiveness in informing and guiding purchasing managers in their supplier selection decisions. Design/methodology/approach Four sequential experiments were conducted with a total of 648 purchasing managers from manufacturing firms. Findings The results indicate that purchasing managers in firms...

...C. Zoe Schumm; Linda S. Niehm Purpose Traditional purchasing best practices primarily follow a commercial logic and may not necessarily be applicable for social enterprises (SEs) supplier selection. This study examines how SEs focused on poverty alleviation select suppliers amidst competing...

... a flow chart that provides guidance for further use. Overall, we add to existing knowledge about supplier selection and portfolio approaches by a deeper analysis of innovation activities on the one hand and the inclusion of supplier-buyer-relationships on the other. In particular, this paper offers...

... sourcing managers from 10 SMEs in the textile industry. The study follows a three-step semi-structured interviewing process, allowing us to gradually unveil the detailed nature of the intuitive supplier selection process. Findings Nine of the 10 SMEs rely on a highly intuitive supplier selections...

...Aneesh Banerjee; Jörg M. Ries; Caroline Wiertz Purpose Online B2B markets offer buyers a new source of information provided by social media signals about suppliers. These signals have not yet received much attention in the supplier selection literature. This study advances our understanding of how...

... a common practice for the study of buyer–supplier relationships (e.g. Cheng and Musaphir, 1996 ; Thomas-Seale et al., 2018). We then identified buyers of the selected organizations and followed the same sampling procedures. Social media Supplier selection Buyer–supplier relationships...