Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, Dec 1, 2012
Abstract The stakeholder approach has taken a prominent role in the discussion of sustainability ... more Abstract The stakeholder approach has taken a prominent role in the discussion of sustainability measures at varying strategic levels and corporate functions. Literature on sustainability suggests that firms have to cope with enhanced pressure from different stakeholder groups regarding their upstream supply management practices. At the same time purchasing managers face the trade-off between sustainability and cost prevalence in selecting new suppliers. Thus, it is of major concern for companies in general and purchasing organizations in particular to know and understand how purchasing managers react to the influence of specific stakeholder groups when it comes to supplier selection decisions. Following this notion we formulate six sets of hypotheses linking the adoption of ethical business culture to the prevalence of sustainability and cost criteria in supplier selection decisions to be tested in a path analytical model. Based on the results of an empirical study conducted with purchasing managers from multi-national firms located in Germany, this paper makes two major contributions: first, it sheds light on direct effects of shareholder, public, and customer orientation on the evaluation of the outlined-trade off; second, it investigates the indirect effects by introducing the formalization of ethical culture as a mediating variable to assess the impact of the three kinds of shareholder orientation on the propensity to select suppliers based on their performance in terms of social and environmental criteria as well as cost performance.
Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, Jun 1, 2010
... monitoring measures as well as compliance incentive systems ( [Baden et al., .] , Green et al... more ... monitoring measures as well as compliance incentive systems ( [Baden et al., .] , Green et al ... However, risk-absorbing practices to protect the buying firm from adverse effects from supplier ... paper and then present our research findings in light of our extended research framework ...
... Informant job titles, Vice President International Sourcing Purchasing Manager SustainablePro... more ... Informant job titles, Vice President International Sourcing Purchasing Manager SustainableProcurement, Head of Sourcing — Global Sites Project Adviser Sustainable Sourcing (former CPO), Chief Purchasing Executive Germany Vice President Purchasing — Enabling and ...
Extant literature on sustainability suggests that firms have to cope with enhanced pressure from ... more Extant literature on sustainability suggests that firms have to cope with enhanced pressure from different stakeholder groups to ensure sustainable business practices in upstream value creation processes. Consequently, purchasing managers are facing a trade-off between green, social and cost criteria in selecting new suppliers. Thus, it is of concern for organizations to understand purchasing managers’ reaction to the influence of specific stakeholder groups when it comes to triple bottom line based supplier selection. Following this notion we formulate hypotheses linking the organizations shareholder, public and customer orientation to the prevalence of sustainability and cost criteria in supplier selection decisions to be tested in a path analytical model. Based on the empirical results conducted with purchasing managers from large firms located in Germany, this paper makes two major contributions: first, it sheds light on direct effects of shareholder, public, and customer orientation on the evaluation...
Die Adaptivität automobiler Wertschöpfungsketten wird vor dem Hintergrund des internationalen Wet... more Die Adaptivität automobiler Wertschöpfungsketten wird vor dem Hintergrund des internationalen Wettbewerbs immer wichtiger. Dies ist keine neue Einsicht. In der Praxis des Managements und auch in der betriebswirtschaftlichen und ingenieurwissenschaftlichen Forschung wurden in den vergangenen Jahren viele Ansätze zur Steigerung von Adaptivität und Flexibilität entwickelt und zu Teilen auch erfolgreich umgesetzt. Die Schwerpunkte dieser Arbeiten lagen v. a. in den
Extant literature on sustainability suggests that firms have to cope with enhanced pressure from ... more Extant literature on sustainability suggests that firms have to cope with enhanced pressure from different stakeholder groups to ensure sustainable business practices in upstream value creation processes. Consequently, purchasing managers are facing a trade-off between green, social and cost criteria in selecting new suppliers. Thus, it is of concern for organizations to understand purchasing managers’ reaction to the influence of specific stakeholder groups when it comes to triple bottom line based supplier selection. Following this notion we formulate hypotheses linking the organizations shareholder, public and customer orientation to the prevalence of sustainability and cost criteria in supplier selection decisions to be tested in a path analytical model. Based on the empirical results conducted with purchasing managers from large firms located in Germany, this paper makes two major contributions: first, it sheds light on direct effects of shareholder, public, and customer orientation on the evaluation...
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2012
Roadway infrastructure is reaching maximum capacity in urban areas because of expanding urbanizat... more Roadway infrastructure is reaching maximum capacity in urban areas because of expanding urbanization, demographic changes, and continuously increasing freight volumes. An overview of the latest research on city logistics is needed to address these challenges, and a review of the scientific literature is presented. A specifically designed framework for systematic literature review was used to analyze 92 relevant articles from prominent electronic databases. A taxonomy of city logistics literature was created to aid academics and practitioners and to stimulate interest of other parties in this area.
Firms experience that an increasingly complex supply base is a costly investment. In order to kee... more Firms experience that an increasingly complex supply base is a costly investment. In order to keep specialized suppliers but to reduce the effort of managing it, OEMs contract second-tier firms and direct them to first-tier suppliers. We conduct four embedded case studies in the international automotive industry to record types and possible motivations of directed sourcing. Our findings show that directed sourcing triads may be set up to achieve operational efficiencies but also for strategic reasons such as to gain access to foreign markets. This research contributes to literature on triadic supply chains in general and network buyer-supplier relationships specifically.
Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, Dec 1, 2012
Abstract The stakeholder approach has taken a prominent role in the discussion of sustainability ... more Abstract The stakeholder approach has taken a prominent role in the discussion of sustainability measures at varying strategic levels and corporate functions. Literature on sustainability suggests that firms have to cope with enhanced pressure from different stakeholder groups regarding their upstream supply management practices. At the same time purchasing managers face the trade-off between sustainability and cost prevalence in selecting new suppliers. Thus, it is of major concern for companies in general and purchasing organizations in particular to know and understand how purchasing managers react to the influence of specific stakeholder groups when it comes to supplier selection decisions. Following this notion we formulate six sets of hypotheses linking the adoption of ethical business culture to the prevalence of sustainability and cost criteria in supplier selection decisions to be tested in a path analytical model. Based on the results of an empirical study conducted with purchasing managers from multi-national firms located in Germany, this paper makes two major contributions: first, it sheds light on direct effects of shareholder, public, and customer orientation on the evaluation of the outlined-trade off; second, it investigates the indirect effects by introducing the formalization of ethical culture as a mediating variable to assess the impact of the three kinds of shareholder orientation on the propensity to select suppliers based on their performance in terms of social and environmental criteria as well as cost performance.
Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, Jun 1, 2010
... monitoring measures as well as compliance incentive systems ( [Baden et al., .] , Green et al... more ... monitoring measures as well as compliance incentive systems ( [Baden et al., .] , Green et al ... However, risk-absorbing practices to protect the buying firm from adverse effects from supplier ... paper and then present our research findings in light of our extended research framework ...
... Informant job titles, Vice President International Sourcing Purchasing Manager SustainablePro... more ... Informant job titles, Vice President International Sourcing Purchasing Manager SustainableProcurement, Head of Sourcing — Global Sites Project Adviser Sustainable Sourcing (former CPO), Chief Purchasing Executive Germany Vice President Purchasing — Enabling and ...
Extant literature on sustainability suggests that firms have to cope with enhanced pressure from ... more Extant literature on sustainability suggests that firms have to cope with enhanced pressure from different stakeholder groups to ensure sustainable business practices in upstream value creation processes. Consequently, purchasing managers are facing a trade-off between green, social and cost criteria in selecting new suppliers. Thus, it is of concern for organizations to understand purchasing managers’ reaction to the influence of specific stakeholder groups when it comes to triple bottom line based supplier selection. Following this notion we formulate hypotheses linking the organizations shareholder, public and customer orientation to the prevalence of sustainability and cost criteria in supplier selection decisions to be tested in a path analytical model. Based on the empirical results conducted with purchasing managers from large firms located in Germany, this paper makes two major contributions: first, it sheds light on direct effects of shareholder, public, and customer orientation on the evaluation...
Die Adaptivität automobiler Wertschöpfungsketten wird vor dem Hintergrund des internationalen Wet... more Die Adaptivität automobiler Wertschöpfungsketten wird vor dem Hintergrund des internationalen Wettbewerbs immer wichtiger. Dies ist keine neue Einsicht. In der Praxis des Managements und auch in der betriebswirtschaftlichen und ingenieurwissenschaftlichen Forschung wurden in den vergangenen Jahren viele Ansätze zur Steigerung von Adaptivität und Flexibilität entwickelt und zu Teilen auch erfolgreich umgesetzt. Die Schwerpunkte dieser Arbeiten lagen v. a. in den
Extant literature on sustainability suggests that firms have to cope with enhanced pressure from ... more Extant literature on sustainability suggests that firms have to cope with enhanced pressure from different stakeholder groups to ensure sustainable business practices in upstream value creation processes. Consequently, purchasing managers are facing a trade-off between green, social and cost criteria in selecting new suppliers. Thus, it is of concern for organizations to understand purchasing managers’ reaction to the influence of specific stakeholder groups when it comes to triple bottom line based supplier selection. Following this notion we formulate hypotheses linking the organizations shareholder, public and customer orientation to the prevalence of sustainability and cost criteria in supplier selection decisions to be tested in a path analytical model. Based on the empirical results conducted with purchasing managers from large firms located in Germany, this paper makes two major contributions: first, it sheds light on direct effects of shareholder, public, and customer orientation on the evaluation...
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2012
Roadway infrastructure is reaching maximum capacity in urban areas because of expanding urbanizat... more Roadway infrastructure is reaching maximum capacity in urban areas because of expanding urbanization, demographic changes, and continuously increasing freight volumes. An overview of the latest research on city logistics is needed to address these challenges, and a review of the scientific literature is presented. A specifically designed framework for systematic literature review was used to analyze 92 relevant articles from prominent electronic databases. A taxonomy of city logistics literature was created to aid academics and practitioners and to stimulate interest of other parties in this area.
Firms experience that an increasingly complex supply base is a costly investment. In order to kee... more Firms experience that an increasingly complex supply base is a costly investment. In order to keep specialized suppliers but to reduce the effort of managing it, OEMs contract second-tier firms and direct them to first-tier suppliers. We conduct four embedded case studies in the international automotive industry to record types and possible motivations of directed sourcing. Our findings show that directed sourcing triads may be set up to achieve operational efficiencies but also for strategic reasons such as to gain access to foreign markets. This research contributes to literature on triadic supply chains in general and network buyer-supplier relationships specifically.
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