Procurement and Supply Chain Management: 8th edition to be published in February 2022!

New edition of Van Weele and Rozemeijer's Procurement and Supply Chain Management available soon! read more

Inkoop in Strategisch Perspectief: 8e en volledig herziene druk is nu beschikbaar!

Inkoop in strategisch perspectief is hét boek voor inkoopprofessionals en studenten in het hbo-onderwijs. read more

Rondetafel discussie LINK Magazine pleit voor een focus op ketensamenwerking en innovatie in inkoop

In de maakindustrie moeten inkopers meer en meer strategisch opereren, met een focus op innovatie. read more

Why does Early Supplier Involvement fail so often? Read our latest insight on this!

Why does Early Supplier Involvement fail so often? Read our latest article in the prestigious Journal of Product Innovation Management! Only for those who can digest strong academic stuff! read more

Lees mijn afscheidsinterview in Deal!

Emeritus inkoophoogleraar Arjan van Weele: “Ik voel me buitengewoon bevoorrecht”. Met zijn afscheid komt een eind aan een tijdperk. Lees verder onder NEWS... 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