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Supplier development and public procurement performance : does contract management difficulty matter?
Changalima, Ismail Abdi; Mchopa, Alban Dismas; Ismail, … - In: Cogent business & management 9 (2022) 1, pp. 1-16
This paper investigates the relationship between supplier development and procurement performance in the public sector … development and procurement performance. Using cross-sectional data collected from 179 public procuring entities, the main … findings of the study are two-fold. Firstly, the relationship between supplier development and procurement performance in …
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Factors influencing the improvement of procurement processes and cooperation with suppliers
Sikora, Marek - In: European research studies 24 (2021) 1, pp. 1129-1138
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Analysis of the system of assessment and selection of suppliers in researched Central Europe enterprises
Kulińska, Ewa; Matulewski, Marek - In: European research studies 25 (2022) 2B, pp. 215-224
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Strategic perils of outsourcing : sourcing strategy and product positioning
Matsushima, Noriaki; Pan, Cong - 2016
Although outsourcing input production has long been considered as an important approach to help downstream manufacturers enhance structural efficiency, we provide a theoretical explanation for why outsourcing may negatively affect downstream firms' profitability. We consider a duopoly model...
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Sourcing for Supplier Effort and Competition : Design of the Supply Base and Pricing Mechanism
Li, Cuihong - 2012
We study a buyer's sourcing strategy along two dimensions: the supply base design and the pricing mechanism, considering supplier competition and cost-reduction e ffort. The supply base design concerns the number of suppliers (one or two) included in the supply base, and the capacity to be...
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How Does the Risk Attitude of a Purchasing Manager Affect the Selection of Suppliers?
Harrison, Glenn W. - 2009
Recently researchers have integrated aspects of supply risk management into decision models for determining the optimal design of supply networks. A purchasing manager faces a fundamental trade-off when designing the supply network and deciding upon the allocation of purchasing volumes across a...
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The Effect of Sourcing Policies on a Supplier's Sustainable Practices
Agrawal, Vishal - 2018
To meet the growing demand for sustainably produced products, firms must be able to source sustainably produced parts from their suppliers. In this paper, we analyze how a buyer (manufacturer or retailer) can use sourcing policies to influence their suppliers to adopt sustainable processes that...
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Using Procurement Service Providers in Supplier Screening
Wan, Zhixi - 2020
A buyer engages a procurement service provider (PSP) to short-list pre-screened suppliers for final selection. The PSP …
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Buyer-supplier relationships between established firms and startups from a procurement perspective
Kinski, Alexander - 2021
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Supplier selection in emerging market economies: a discrete choice analysis
Manucharyan, Hayk - 2020
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