...Manimay Ghosh Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to identify the determinants that influence adoption of green procurement (GP) practices in Indian firms; and second, to investigate the impact of adoption of GP practices on various parameters of firm performance. Design...

...Nicholas Beaumont; Mark M.J. Wilson; Ram N. Roy Purpose Gaining access to the cost savings and production efficiencies derived from lowering inventories in the supply chain is as vital for small‐to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) as they are for larger manufacturing firms. Lean procurement...

...Hsiaoping Yeh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a knowledge value creation model to evaluate and interpret knowledge conversion effects and knowledge value creation for knowledge‐intensive procurement projects. Design/methodology/approach To depict the knowledge‐conversion...

...Emilio Bartezzaghi; Stefano Ronchi Industrial relationships among companies within the supply chain and procurement processes are changing to cope with new threats and opportunities arising from Internet technologies. The adoption of Web‐based tools in the procurement process allows firms to either...