Title: Supply management as a value creating element in a firm

Authors: Anni-Kaisa Kähkönen; Katrina Lintukangas

Addresses: School of Business, Lappeenranta University of Technology, P.O. Box 20, FI-53851 Lappeenranta, Finland ' School of Business, Lappeenranta University of Technology, P.O. Box 20, FI-53851 Lappeenranta, Finland

Abstract: This study analyses the role of supply management in a firm's value thinking. Moreover, firm's ability to consider purchasing and supply management as part of value creation is studied. The study proposes that the strategicness, status and level of purchasing are positively related to the firm's value thinking. Three hypotheses are established based on the existing literature, and the model is tested by linear regression analysis using data from one hundred Finnish firms. The results showed that there is a positive relationship between supply management and the firm's value thinking. The findings strengthen the insights that supply management has an important role as a value creating element in the firm.

Keywords: purchasing; supply management; value creation; value net; Finland.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVCM.2012.052439

International Journal of Value Chain Management, 2012 Vol.6 No.4, pp.358 - 374

Published online: 16 Aug 2014 *

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