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Purchasing and Supply Management at the Purchase Category Level: strategy, structure and performance
__Abstract__
Over the past two decades, purchasing has evolved from a clerical function focused
on buying goods and services at a minimum price into a strategic function
focused on value creation and achieving competitive advantage (Gadde and
Håkansson, 1994; Carter and Narasimhan, 1996; Krause et al., 2001; Rozemeijer et al., 2003;
Cousins et al., 2006; González-Benito, 2007; Schoenherr et al., 2012). This transformation is
the result of an increased understanding by the top management of firms that purchasing can
contribute to organizational success in many dimensions such as financial performance (Carr
and Pearson, 2002; González-Benito, 2007), innovation performance (Handfield et al., 1999;
Van Echtelt et al., 2008), and environmental performance (Bowen et al., 2001, Krause et al.,
2009). More recent trends such as global sourcing, strategic alliances, and joint innovations
with suppliers (Monczka et al., 2010; Schoenherr et al., 2012) have also contributed to the
changing role of purchasing
Proactive environmental strategies pay off
Although there is contradicting evidence on the impact of a
company’s proactive environmental strategy on its environmental
performance, recent research shows such an approach can
indeed make a difference