Levels of strategic purchasing: Impact on supply integration and performance

The growing importance of supply chain management has led to an increasing recognition of the strategic role of purchasing, which has recently evolved and expanded from “buying” to “procurement” and “supply management”. In this study, we chart our sample firms’ advance in strategic purchasing, characterized by the strategic focus, strategic involvement of the purchasing function and the status and visibility of the purchasing professionals, into three stages.This study provides strong empirical support for the importance of strategic purchasing by showing that, by moving towards the more advanced stages, firms at the nascent stage of strategic purchasing can achieve better supply integration, a second-order construct composed of four facets of relational, process, information, and cross-organizational team integration. Our analyses further reveal that strategic purchasing can have a profound impact on supply chain performance for both buyer and supplier firms.     

Human capital and sustainable competitive advantage: an analysis of the relationship between training and performance

This article analyses the importance of training as a creator of human capital, which enables a company to obtain competitive advantages that are sustainable in the long-term that result in greater profitability. The study is based on the general theoretical framework of resource and capacity theory. The study not only analyses the impact of the influence of training on performance; it also attempts to analyse the nature of such a relationship in greater depth. This being the case, an attempt has been made to measure explanatory capacity from two different perspectives: the universalistic approach and the contingent approach. At the outset, two hypotheses are formulated that attempt to quantify the relationship from a universalistic perspective to later, in two more hypotheses, incorporate the potential moderating effect of the strategy into the model, in order to verify whether or not this strategy improves the explanatory power of our model of analysis.

Strategic supply management: The relationship between supply management practices, strategic orientation and their impact on organisational performance

A theoretical model is presented for conceptualising the relationship between the management of supply, strategic orientation at the business-unit level and their proposed link with firm performance. The shortcomings of existing approaches in accounting for the wide variety of purchasing practices in a comprehensive supply management framework are discussed as well their alignment with strategic orientation. The paper concludes by presenting a model and propositions concerning firm-level supply management, strategic orientation and firm performance.     

Promoting competitive markets: The role of public procurement

The study presented here examines how public procurement agencies address establishing and maintaining competitive markets; a topic still in its academic infancy. Cases are used to address impediments and improve understanding of strategic priorities in managing for competitive markets. Public policy academics have observed many competing policies in the wider public sector. Specifically, this paper identifies a need for research on supplier incentives at a market level, on the post contract management of suppliers and as an important sub-set, key supplier relationship management, along with professional development.     

基于区域集聚的集群供应链系统形成机理及其竞争优势研究

首先分析了集群供应链系统形成的机理及其特点,然后从结构、行为、绩效等方面对集群供应链系统竞争优势进行了分析,并从区位选择、产业定位、文化培育、网络构建和政府功能等方面提出了发展集群供应链系统的相应对策。     

企业竞争优势源泉研究的新进展:战略网络论

企业竞争优势关系到企业的生死存亡,历来受到企业管理者和战略学者的重视。本文在基本界定企业竞争优势涵义 的基础上,简要回顾了研究企业竞争优势的众多战略理论,然后,基于网络竞争环境从战略网络新视角研究企业竞争优势之源, 提出一个整合模型。     

战略无形资产、商誉与企业持续竞争优势

本文运用“资源基础论”分析了战略无形资产与企业持续竞争优势和超额利润之间的关系,论述了现行财务会计模式对战略无形资产信息的综合反映形式。认为商誉是现行财务会计模式对企业持续竞争优势的综合反映形式,其本质是在现行财务会计模式下无法单独入账的企业战略无形资产,商誉的性质实际上是战略无形资产性质的外在综合表现,外购商誉的本质是被收购企业未入账的战略无形资产,外购商誉的会计处理应该依据并购后被收购企业战略无形资产价值的增减变动情况来决定。     

Managing competitive software component supplier relationships

This study addresses purchasing challenges faced by companies buying commercial software components. The purpose is to find out how we can understand the purchasing challenges in software component business. First we develop pre-understanding based on knowledge on competitive supplier relationships and competitive bidding. This is elaborated empirically through a qualitative case study. We contribute to prior literature by concluding that the nature of software component supplier relationships is influenced by the object and costs of exchange. We also argue that, in markets like software component business, it is essential to pay attention to the development of the whole supply market.     

采购项目定位模型研究

论述以Kraljic矩阵为基础的采购项目定位模型的基本思想和实现过程。运用新模型对某生产企业的10项采购进行定位分析,得出相应的分类,验证了模型的有效性和可操作性。最后,通过对采购项目各指标进行排序分析,得出采购项目最有效的改进措施。解决了Kraljic矩阵实际操作困难的问题,可以快速地对采购项目进行定位,帮助企业找出最优先解决的采购问题,有效地改进采购项目。有利于企业提高采购管理的针对性和有效性。     

A strategic human resource perspective of firm competitive behavior

Embedded within firms are unique stores of intangible human assets that likely influence the way firms compete. We argue that the human and social capital of a firm, particularly at the upper echelon and board of director (BOD) levels, contribute to the firm's awareness of the competitive environment and its motivation and ability to undertake numerous, complex, and forceful competitive actions. We also suggest that the firm's executive compensation systems moderate the effects of these intangible human assets on firm competitive behavior. By examining how human capital, intra-firm social capital, and executive compensation influence firm competitive behavior, we advance a strategic HRM perspective of firm competitive behavior and outline several implications for future research.     

现代企业采购管理

采购管理是现代物流管理的重要组成部分,在整个企业的正常运转中起着举足轻重的作用。科学的采购管理可以大大降低企业的生产经营成本,保证产品、服务质量,给企业带来很大的经济效益和利润空间。     

我国高校学生食堂物资采购管理探析

对如何建立健全学生食堂物资集中统一采购工作制度、科学管理,严格规范操作流程,搭建全方位的监督平台,打造一支思想可靠、业务技能过硬的专业队伍,加强物资采购过程中的廉政风险防范工作进行了阐述和分析。     

电信运营商采购管理研究

在对电信运营商采购管理现状进行分析的基础上,根据需求的不确定性和专业化程度,将采购产品和服务分为三类,并分析了不同类别产品和服务的采购管理的重点,采购部门、需求部门以及供应商发挥的作用以及彼此间的关系。最后从制度建设、信息平台建设以及人员培养三方面论述了采购管理的保障措施。     

会计师事务所行业专业化经营现状与对策分析

本文认为,行业专业化经营是提供优质服务、提升会计师事务所竞争能力和赢得竞争优势的有效手段。国际“四大”利用其规模优势和行业审计专长优势占领了大部分的会计服务市场,并拥有境内优质的客户资源。我国本土事务所在行业专业化经营战略方面与国际“四大”存在较大差距,需要采取正确的专业化经营策略增强其竞争能力。