Research in the Decision Sciences for the Service Economy: Best Papers from the 2015 Annual Conference

8. A Capability-Based Framework for Purchasing’s Contribution to Open Innovation: Internal and External Consequences for Purchasing Organizations

—Matthias Rehm ([e-mail]), Ph.D. candidate, University of Antwerp

—Dr.-Ing. Florian Schupp ([e-mail]), Senior Vice President Purchasing Automotive, Schaeffler Technologies AG

—Prof. Paul Matthyssens ([e-mail]), Professor of Competitive Strategy and Strategy Implementation and Control, Department of Management, University of Antwerp

Abstract

Firms are continually relying on external sources to be innovative (Inemek and Matthyssens 2010). The open innovation approach is the logical answer to this development. Associated with a high performance in the ...