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Contribution of purchasing and supply management to ecological innovation
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posted on 2023-06-09, 03:19 authored by Lutz PreussThis paper explores the contribution of the purchasing function to ecological innovation in the upstream supply chains of manufacturing companies. In terms of innovation type, purchasing managers reported much more activity on ecological process innovation than on product or organisational innovation. Few purchasing managers initiate ecological innovation in supply themselves, although they can play a range of supporting roles, not least lobbying for internal acceptance of supplier innovations. Among the motives for undertaking such initiatives, cost advantages, corporate reputation, supply chain pressure and legal requirements dominate. While making a significant contribution, the role of purchasing managers in ecological innovation is thus, at the same time, somewhat limited. To an extent, these limitations can be explained by a lag between the technological innovations purchasing managers can induce in their supply chains and a lack in organisational innovation in the rules and practices that govern their own work.
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International Journal of Innovation ManagementISSN
1363-9196Publisher
World Scientific PublishingExternal DOI
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4Volume
11Page range
515-537Department affiliated with
- Business and Management Publications
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2016-10-06Usage metrics
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