The focus of purchasing and supply management (PSM) is no longer just on short-term cost
savings, but is also on long-term goals such as innovation and renewal. Because of this new …

Companies must pursue both exploration and exploitation of supplier's knowledge in
increasingly competitive and complex production environments. This has been referred to as …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce and define the concept of purchasing
ambidexterity in terms of two dimensions: balance dimension and combined dimension. The …

Background: Organizational ambidexterity is an emerging concept and it permeates too
many functional domains in the discussion of organizational performance. The importance of …

This paper studies the performance impact of multi-dimensional strategy alignment in
purchasing and supply management (PSM) in a literature review (LR)-based analysis. In a …

Following an investigation conducted by the Journal, this article has been retracted at the
request of the co-Editors-in-Chief. An incorrect use of factor analysis was discovered that …

Purpose–Firms face high velocity conditions today that render product market strategies
increasingly temporal. Strategic flexibility is critical for enabling rapid adaptation to a …

A key task of the purchasing function is to secure adequate and timely supplies of necessary
input factors. In some industries, however, this task is challenging, as it may be difficult to …

Drawing on previous literature suggesting that cross-functional integration is highly
desirable in the operations management domain, we analyze the effects of strategic …

Purpose: Using the knowledge-based view as the theoretical lens, this study aims to assess
the effect of middle managers' ambidexterity, continuous improvement and organizational …