Strategic Purchasing and Performance: the Role of Supply Chain Innovation, Technology Orientation, and R&D Effectiveness
This paper illustrates how the purchasing department (PD) stimulates business performances throughout a flow in which innovation, technology orientation and R&D effectiveness are involved. Data were collected via a survey to Italian companies of the chemical industry. Given the role of the respo...
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| author | Niccolò Fiorini Tommaso Pucci Elena Casprini Lorenzo Zanni |
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| description | This paper illustrates how the purchasing department (PD) stimulates business performances throughout a flow in which innovation, technology orientation and R&D effectiveness are involved. Data were collected via a survey to Italian companies of the chemical industry. Given the role of the respondents, we had a clear portrait of the companies and of their path towards innovation and performance’s boosts. Results show that the PD plays a special role by acting as a bridge towards external players, but also internally among other functions. Moreover, internally the PD has a bonding and bridging role, since it stimulates the company through innovation and R&D activities having, as a result, boosted performances. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4c6e7ba868354443a7afa244338ca6de2023-11-09T10:39:24ZengUniversidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia (FEUP)Journal of Innovation Management2183-06062023-08-0111217319310.24840/2183-0606_011.002_00071677Strategic Purchasing and Performance: the Role of Supply Chain Innovation, Technology Orientation, and R&D EffectivenessNiccolò Fiorini0Tommaso Pucci1Elena Casprini2Lorenzo ZanniUniversity of SienaUniversity of SienaUniversity of SienaThis paper illustrates how the purchasing department (PD) stimulates business performances throughout a flow in which innovation, technology orientation and R&D effectiveness are involved. Data were collected via a survey to Italian companies of the chemical industry. Given the role of the respondents, we had a clear portrait of the companies and of their path towards innovation and performance’s boosts. Results show that the PD plays a special role by acting as a bridge towards external players, but also internally among other functions. Moreover, internally the PD has a bonding and bridging role, since it stimulates the company through innovation and R&D activities having, as a result, boosted performances.https://journalsojs3.fe.up.pt/index.php/jim/article/view/1506performanceinnovationr&dsupply chainpurchase departmentstrategic decisions |
| spellingShingle | Niccolò Fiorini Tommaso Pucci Elena Casprini Lorenzo Zanni Strategic Purchasing and Performance: the Role of Supply Chain Innovation, Technology Orientation, and R&D Effectiveness Journal of Innovation Management performance innovation r&d supply chain purchase department strategic decisions |
| title | Strategic Purchasing and Performance: the Role of Supply Chain Innovation, Technology Orientation, and R&D Effectiveness |
| title_full | Strategic Purchasing and Performance: the Role of Supply Chain Innovation, Technology Orientation, and R&D Effectiveness |
| title_fullStr | Strategic Purchasing and Performance: the Role of Supply Chain Innovation, Technology Orientation, and R&D Effectiveness |
| title_full_unstemmed | Strategic Purchasing and Performance: the Role of Supply Chain Innovation, Technology Orientation, and R&D Effectiveness |
| title_short | Strategic Purchasing and Performance: the Role of Supply Chain Innovation, Technology Orientation, and R&D Effectiveness |
| title_sort | strategic purchasing and performance the role of supply chain innovation technology orientation and r d effectiveness |
| topic | performance innovation r&d supply chain purchase department strategic decisions |
| url | https://journalsojs3.fe.up.pt/index.php/jim/article/view/1506 |
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