This unique textbook explicitly addresses the intersection of advanced analytics and procurement. It is motivated by … one core question: How can firms generate (economic) value from procurement data? It demonstrates that procurement is one … focuses on implementation, so as to help (future) procurement managers and data scientists quickly evaluate the value …

resources and procurement managers. Due to anti-corruption laws, agents cannot sell contracts or positions that they are … connections in the presence of convex costs of networking. -- nominations ; rent-seeking ; networks ; politicians ; procurement …