Arjan van Weele Honorary Member of NEVI!

Arjan van Weele Honorary Member of NEVI! read more

IPSERA Lifetime Achievement Award 2018 awarded to Arjan van Weele

IPSERA Lifetime Achievement Award 2018 awarded to Arjan van Weele read more

New videos on our new PhD project: Effects of Perceptual Differences on Project Results

Project management is all about managing perceptions and perceptual differences among parties involved! read more

New article: 'Purchasing Culture: Can We Change It?'

Purchasing power play in supplier relationships destroys business value and its credibility. What to do? Read this article. Published in France (Excellence HA). read more

7e, geheel herziene editie 'Inkoop in Strategisch Perspectief' nu beschikbaar!

Een must read voor iedereen die met professioneel inkopen aan de slag wil. read more

Trust, commitment and communication: effectson buyer-supplier relationships

Our research investigates the effect of buyer-supplier relationship governance
mechanisms on performance outcomes. We propose trust, commitment, and
communication as the key determinants of buyer-supplier performance outcomes. read more

Supplier involvement key to successful SME innovation

Innovation at SMEs is different from innovation at multinational companies (MNCs). SMEs lack a separate R&D department. As such SMEs need to rely on other sources, such as suppliers for new product and process innovation. Our research investigates how supplier involvement affects SME innovation performance. read more

Interview in RetailTrends Januari 2016

Het wordt de hoogste tijd voor inkopers om meer verantwoordelijkheid te nemen voor het verlagen van de carbon footprint. Maar hoe pak je dat aan? read more

Managing supplier relationships in a new product development context

Organizations can no longer rely solely on their own resources to innovate and therefore look for strategic interactions outside their organizational boundaries. Using insights from RBV Theory this study proposes andvalidates anintegrated framework that explains outcome effects of new product development (NPD) projects. read more

Business process standardization is the activity of unifying different variants of a family of business processes. While the positive effects of business process standardization are well-described, it is often undesirable to fully unify different variants due to cultural, legal, or
operational reasons. Consequently, a decision has to be made about the extent to which a family of business processes should be standardized. However, little is known about the factors that drive that decision. This paper fills that gap, by presenting factors that drive the extent to which business processes can be standardized, performance properties that are influenced by business process standardization, and relations between these concepts. read more