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Supply Chain Management: Identifying Innovative Suppliers

Supply Chain Management: Identifying Innovative Suppliers

António Moreira, Ana Carolina Soares de Carvalho
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781466682160|ISBN10: 1466682167|EISBN13: 9781466682177
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8216-0.ch022
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Moreira, António, and Ana Carolina Soares de Carvalho. "Supply Chain Management: Identifying Innovative Suppliers." Handbook of Research on Internationalization of Entrepreneurial Innovation in the Global Economy, edited by Luísa Cagica Carvalho, IGI Global, 2015, pp. 436-457. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8216-0.ch022

APA

Moreira, A. & Soares de Carvalho, A. C. (2015). Supply Chain Management: Identifying Innovative Suppliers. In L. Carvalho (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Internationalization of Entrepreneurial Innovation in the Global Economy (pp. 436-457). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8216-0.ch022

Chicago

Moreira, António, and Ana Carolina Soares de Carvalho. "Supply Chain Management: Identifying Innovative Suppliers." In Handbook of Research on Internationalization of Entrepreneurial Innovation in the Global Economy, edited by Luísa Cagica Carvalho, 436-457. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8216-0.ch022

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Abstract

The main purpose of this chapter is to develop an exploratory proposal for identifying innovative suppliers, creating knowledge in an area not very deeply explored. Based on a literature revision based on the innovative supplier identification and management, the study suggests that innovative suppliers are highly specialized and technically competent companies, located nearby their customers and take part on their client's improvement program. Based on the literature revision, a framework analyzing client-supplier relationships throughout the supply chain is proposed. The framework uses the strategic alignment concept between clients and suppliers. Finally, 61 questions were developed to identify the innovative suppliers.

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