highlighted creativity and flexibility in coping with uncertainty. Business owners adapted their strategies regarding processes … cities and communities regarding some effective small business and community response to uncertainty and change. Originality …. The authors also present an emergent theoretical process model of small business adaptive responses to uncertainty that …

mediating effects of strategy for procurement 4.0 and planning for procurement 4.0. Results: The study found that organizations … training in procurement 4.0, the need for a three-level approach in procurement strategy, planning, and performance review, and …Background: This study aims to identify how and if strategic procurement 4.0 performance influences competitiveness …

relationship based procurement (RBP) framework from taking a purely procurement theory focus to being applied in a risk-uncertainty … team is central to effective management of risk, uncertainty and ambiguity. A recently-developed framework that was … software to develop the framework that the paper refers to. It extends analysis to focus on risk and uncertainty previously …

. The dilemma facing purchasing firms is the allocation of the tender across suppliers of varying supply reliability. We … model the procurement problem as a sealed-bid auction where the buyer has to allocate purchases between an expensive but … tender awarded to them. A unique feature of our model is that it allows the purchasing firm to reserve the right to change …