This article synthesizes current insights into supplier management practices that professional buyers can apply in the public procurement context. Specifically, it discusses the practices, rationale, and challenges associated with implementing supplier development as an important activity within...

This study examined the relationship between technological absorptive capacity and the business performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as well as the mediating effect of e-business innovation. Based on data obtained from 179 sunflower oil-processing SMEs in Tanzania and...

Over decades, public procurement in Tanzania experienced critical reforms; however, not much is known about the reforms and hence there is a dearth of comprehensive reviews about them. The current study reviews existing literature relating to public procurement reforms, practices, and compliance...

This paper investigates the relationship between supplier development and procurement performance in the public sector. Furthermore, the paper examines the moderating role of contract management difficulty on the relationship between supplier development and procurement performance. Using...