An Empirical Study of the Relationships among Purchasing Skills and Strategic Purchasing, Financial Performance, and Supplier Responsiveness

By Amelia S. Carr, L. Smeltzer. 2000

172 citations recorded by the source corpus.

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

Strategic purchasing participation, supplier selection, supplier evaluation and purchasing performance (2015, background): “Participation in strategic planning is one way in which the purchasing function in an organisation differentiates itself from others by developing the skill levels of purchasing personnel (Carter and Narasimhan 1996; Carr and Smeltzer 2000) and fosters inimitable advantages.”
GROUNDING SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN RESOURCE‐ADVANTAGE THEORY* (2008, background): “Carr and Smeltzer (2000) demonstrate the positive effects of the skill levels of an organization’s purchasing personnel, including technical,”
Grounding Supply Chain Management in Resource‐Advantage Theory: In Defense of a Resource‐Based View of the Firm (2012, background): “Carr and Smeltzer (2000) demonstrate the positive effects of the skill levels of an organization’s purchasing personnel, including technical,”
An organizational entrepreneurship model of supply management integration and performance outcomes (2009, methodology): “Supply management influence was assessed using the scale of Carr and Smeltzer (2000) who assessed the extent of top management support, importance to strategy and importance in the eyes of top managers’.”