The SAGE Handbook of Strategic Supply Management
- Christine Harland - University of Bath, UK
- Guido Nassimbeni - University of Udine, Italy
- Eugene Schneller - Arizona State University, USA
This Handbook is the first substantive, multi-disciplinary academic work to make coherent analysis of supply systems from the perspective of purchasing and supply, operations management, logistics, supply chain management, service management, industrial or relationship marketing, and inter-organization networks.
Selected by a team of leading international scholars, chapters examine key issues in the context of globalization and the move towards cooperative inter-organization network working. Expert contributors examine supply at different systems levels and differentiate between supply policy, strategy, management and operations.
Organized into themed parts, the insightful introduction provides the framework for the Handbook that is divided into themed parts; it positions empirical research in the current academic context and highlights possible directions for future exploration. The Handbook will be the touchstone of any researcher interested in broadening and deepening their understanding of supply systems.
'Strategic supply management has vastly increased the productivity of businesses world -wide. But crafting an effective supply management system requires a strategic mindset and considerable implementation skills. This excellent handbook is key to those who want to know how to convert this important movement form a concept into a reality'
Regina Herzlinger, Ph.D.
Nancy R. McPherson
Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School
'The field of public procurement is professionalizing internationally and becoming more strategic in its focus. This text contains cutting edge research from leading academics and practitioners from public and private sector and represents a great leap forward in our understanding of the complexities of strategic supply management' -
Rick Grimm, CPPO, CPPB, CEO
National Institute for Governmental Purchasing
