Search Results - subject:"Purchasing groups"

Does social innovation reduce the economic marginalization of women? : insights from the case of Italian solidarity purchasing groups

Maestripieri, Lara - In: Journal of social entrepreneurship 8 (2017) 3, pp. 320-337

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The impact of performance measurement on purchasing group dynamics : the Canadian experience

Nollet, Jean; Beaulieu, Martin; Fabbe-Costes, Nathalie - In: Journal of purchasing and supply management 23 (2017) 1, pp. 17-27

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011675687

Exploring strategic strengths and weaknesses of retail purchasing groups

Sandberg, Erik; Mena, Carlos - In: The international review of retail, distribution and … 25 (2015) 3, pp. 276-297

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A hybrid approach for integrated healthcare cooperative purchasing and supply chain configuration

Rego, Nazaré; Claro, João; Sousa, Jorge Pinho de - In: Health Care Management Science 17 (2014) 4, pp. 303-320

applied to purchasing groups with different characteristics, namely different operative and market circumstances, and to …This paper presents an innovative and flexible approach for recommending the number, size and composition of purchasing … groups, for a set of hospitals willing to cooperate, while minimising their shared supply chain costs. This approach makes …

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A hybrid approach for integrated healthcare cooperative purchasing and supply chain configuration

Rego, Nazaré; Claro, João; Pinho de Sousa, Jorge - In: Health care management science 17 (2014) 4, pp. 303-320

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010439224

Entrepreneurship, process innovation and value creation by a non‐profit SME

Huarng, Kun‐Huang; Hui‐Kuang Yu, Tiffany - In: Management Decision 49 (2011) 2, pp. 284-296

Purpose – By using three key factors – namely, funding, stakeholders, and legitimacy – this study seeks to analyse the successful entrepreneurial experiences of a non‐profit small to medium‐sized enterprise: the Taiwan EBook Supply Cooperative Limited (TEBSCo)....

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How can China build purchase alliances in the world market of resource commodities?

Song, Yuhua; Li, Feng - In: Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies 2 (2009) 2, pp. 121-130

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study China's strategy of purchasing resource commodities in international markets, what the Chinese government can do to change the current disorderly import system and how China can build purchase alliances to win in international bargaining....

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How can China build purchase alliances in the world market of resource commodities?

Song, Yuhua; Li, Feng - In: Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies 2 (2009) 2, pp. 121-130

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005009754

Procurement as a shared service in English local government

Gordon Murray, J.; Rentell, Peter G.; Geere, David - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 21 (2008) 5, pp. 540-555

Purpose – Small councils may not have access to professional procurement resources – one potential solution is to create a procurement shared service with another council. The purpose of this paper is to focus on evidence of the emergence and existence of inter‐organisational procurement...

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Stop competing yourself to death: strategic collaboration among rivals

Slywotzky, Adrian; Hoban, Charlie - In: Journal of Business Strategy 28 (2007) 3, pp. 45-55

Purpose – Vigorous competition among companies for customers, talent, and capital serves everyone well, for the most part. But competition can be harmful as well, when companies fight over things that hold little value to customers or that offer little potential for differentiation....

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