Title: The impact of rent-based supplier management activities on purchasing performance

Authors: Anupam Saxena; Roger Moser; Helen Rogers

Addresses: Department of Operations Management, Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Dwarka, New Delhi 110 075, India ' Asia Connect Centre, University of St. Gallen (HSG), Dufourstrasse 40a, CH-9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland ' Department of Supply Chain Management, Erlangen-Nuremberg University, Nuremberg 90403, Germany

Abstract: The increasing pace of globalisation and deregulation has changed the role of purchasing and it has evolved from a (traditional) routine to a more prominent strategic function. This research tests and analyses the strategic character of the purchasing function and its ability to create competitive advantages for its company. Based on the four important strategy theory approaches: market-based view, resource-based view (RBV) capability-based view and relational view and their respective rent generation mechanisms, the research framework developed evaluates whether specific rent-based supplier management activities across industries have an impact on performance, as proposed in the strategy literature.

Keywords: supplier management; strategy theory; purchasing performance; performance measures; rent generation; market-based view; resource-based view; RBV; capability-based view; relational view.

DOI: 10.1504/IJISM.2013.058509

International Journal of Integrated Supply Management, 2013 Vol.8 No.4, pp.141 - 172

Accepted: 06 Jun 2013
Published online: 02 Jan 2014 *

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