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The Alignment Performance Link in Purchasing and Supply Management : Performance Implications of Fit between Business Strategy, Purchasing Strategy, and Purchasing Practices / by Christian Baier
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: SpringerLink BücherPublisher: Wiesbaden : Betriebswirtschaftlicher Verlag Dr. Th. Gabler / GWV Fachverlage GmbH, Wiesbaden, 2008Description: Online-Ressource (XV, 231p. 25 illus, digital)ISBN:- 9783834997517
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Summary: Foreword In today's markets, companies face ever growing international competition, radical technological change, and increasingly demanding customers. These developments force managers to focus on core competencies and result in decreasing in-house val- add across industries. Adequate supplier selection and competent management of the supply base have thus become key firm success factors. As a consequence, purchasing and supply management (PSM) has developed into a powerful weapon for contributing to a firm's competitive advantage along dimensions such as cost, quality, and inno- tion. Such aPPN: PPN: 1647422213Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-2-SBE
Preliminary; Problem situation and research approach; A theoretical perspective on the contribution of PSM to the generation of competitive advantage; A conceptual model of the alignment-performance link in PSM; An empirical analysis of the alignment-performance link in PSM; Summary and conclusions; Back matter
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