Supply-management maturity, cost savings and purchasing absorptive capacity: Testing the procurement-performance link

Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 274-293

  Schiele, Holger ^a,b  

^a h and z Business Consulting   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Cost savings; Lever analysis; Maturity profile; Performance measurement; Purchasing

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049079308     PISSN: 14784092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pursup.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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