Purchasing competence: A stakeholder-based framework for Chief Purchasing Officers

Journal of Business Logistics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 122-138

  Kern, Daniel ^a   Moser, Roger ^b,c   Sundaresan, Naveen ^c   Hartmann, Evi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

Author keywords

Chief Purchasing Officers; Confirmatory factor analysis; Purchasing competence; Purchasing performance; Stakeholder theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055212320     PISSN: 07353766     EISSN: 21581592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2158-1592.2011.01011.x     Document Type: Article

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