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Strategic purchasing and innovation: a relational view
Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 2011 The purchasing function of large firms has slowly evolved from the operational task of ordering products and services towards a strategic part of business. However, the full implications of strategic purchasing for firm innovation have yet to be explored. The contribution of this study is two-fold.
Carolina Castaldi
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Strategic Purchasing Management
, 2011 Purchasing is at the heart of any supply chain. Purchasing needs to be strategic to facilitate an effective supply chain. Within this chapter, I will explore corporate planning, purchasing planning and strategies, corporate and environmental factors and how to go about the strategy and planning process.
Michael Quayle
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Embracing supply base complexity: the contingency role of strategic purchasing
International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 2021 Purpose: This paper aims to empirically examine the moderating role of strategic purchasing on the relationship between supply base complexity (SBC) and purchasing performance. Design/methodology/approach: Survey data were collected from 209 firms listed
Melek Akin Ates
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Strategic Purchasing for Better Health in Armenia
, 2020 This report is an activity under the technical support towards universal health coverage in Armenia, which includes advisory services and analytics aimed at supporting the government’s efforts to expand access to high-quality health care.
Adanna Chukwuma +4 more
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Is Purchasing Really Strategic?
International Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management, 1996Does purchasing have a role in corporate strategy? The central theme that has emerged from an examination of prior research in the areas of competitive strategy and purchasing strategy is that the image and status of purchasing is driven by the contribution of the purchasing function to overall corporate performance and to the performance of other ...
Joseph R. Carter, Ram Narasimhan
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The effect of strategic alignment on purchasing management
Management Research Review, 2017 Purpose This research aims to establish the role of the purchasing function’s strategic alignment in the relationship between well-established practices and performance in that function.
Javier González-Benito
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A Simulation Study of Strategic Consumer Purchases
2020 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), 2020Strategic consumer behavior has been observed and reported in various business environments. Previous studies revealed that ignoring consumers' strategic behavior may lead to negative impacts on retailers' business performance. Therefore, different strategies in terms of pricing, information release, and inventory are proposed for retailers to mitigate
TianYi Guo, SiHan Huang, Yan Chen
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Insurance and Improving Its Strategic Purchase in Iran
Journal of Insurance Medicine, 2022As in most countries, patients, health care providers, and insurance organizations are key components of the health care system in Iran. High rates of growth and development in today's financial markets, have made the insurance industry with its unique calculations and models, a prominent player in this specialized economic sector.
Mahdieh, Motie +2 more
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Integrating purchasing into strategic management
Long Range Planning, 1990Abstract The authors argue that a firm's ability to compete successfully in today's environment requires the integration of a sophisticated purchasing function into the strategic management decision making process. Three factors are creating the need for this integration: changes in the supply environment, increasing intensity of competition, and the
John N. Pearson, Karen J. Gritzmacher
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