Procurement Strategy Development with Consideration of CSR: a SME Context

EasyChair Preprint 9968

Abstract

CSR has received limited attention when defining competitive priorities for procurement strategy development. Thus, the paper aims to answer the question: Considering the growing relevance of CSR, how can SMEs achieve strategic fit of the procurement strategy? Design science research is applied in this working paper. We propose an extended competitive priority concept and offer a two-step solution procedure to develop a consistent procurement strategy, including determining the relevant dimensions of each competitive priority and weighting the competitive priorities using AHP. Lastly, we apply this solution in a small plant engineering company to develop the procurement strategy.

Keyphrases: CSR dimensions, Competitive priority, Innovation, Procurement Strategy, SME

@booklet{EasyChair:9968,
  author    = {Xing Lu and Mona Wappler},
  title     = {Procurement Strategy Development with Consideration of CSR: a SME Context},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 9968},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2023}}