The present study was conducted to define the variables affecting payment mechanism for strategic purchasing in the indirect health section of Iranian Social Security Organization of Iran, by which the Organization can provide the insured with better services while controlling the cost. 13 variables affecting payment mechanism for strategic purchasing were determined. A questionnaire was prepar...

The global competition in the manufacturing industry has obliged companies to adopt an efficient and effective business process adaptability of company's competitive strategy following external uncertainty conditions. should enhance competitiveness company, which is formulated during strategic planning process. This paper investigates impact planning, purchasing strategy, partnership, on operat...

BACKGROUND Significant knowledge gaps exist in the functioning of institutional designs and organisational practices in purchasing within free healthcare schemes in low resource countries. The study provides evidence of the governance requirements to scale up strategic purchasing in free healthcare policies in Nigeria and other low-resource settings facing similar approaches. METHODS The stud...

This study develops and estimates a dynamic model of consumer choice behavior in markets for seasonal goods where products are sold over a finite season and availability is limited. In these markets, retailers often use dynamic markdown policies in which an initial retail price is announced at the beginning of the season and the price is subsequently marked down as the season progresses. Strate...

Getting innovation out of suppliers requires the internal absorption of supplier knowledge. Few studies have analyzed the role of the purchasing function for realizing this innovation potential. The purpose of the paper is to explore the effect of purchasing capabilities on supplier innovation in relation to different supplier product categories, taking into account innovation performance as a ...

Background Purchasing refers to the process by which pooled funds are paid to providers in order to deliver a set of health care interventions. Very little is known about purchasing arrangements in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and certainly not in Kenya. This study aimed to critically analyse purchasing arrangements in Kenya, using the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) as a c...

(" Biform Games "). Appendix C uses the efficiency results (Propositions 5.1 and 5.2) in the main text to frame some of the ideas in the corporate-strategy literature. Appendix D contains further comments on the efficiency results. Corporate (multibusiness) strategy is the study of when 'the whole is worth more than the sum of the parts.' Alternatively put, corporate strategy is about the oppor...

Kraljic’s purchasing portfolio model, which was introduced in 1983, still is the dominant approach in the profession. Contrary to the growing use of the Kraljic matrix, there are problems and unanswered questions with respect to measurement and strategic issues. Based on explorative case studies, the critique of Kraljic’s model has been disputed and refuted to a large extent. This study describ...

Introduction The mixture of strategic purchasing and equity as themes for this volume may seem to be an uncomfortable or forced meeting between unrelated issues or, at best, a reunion of distant relatives. Historically in Canada, policies and laws directed toward equity – for example, the national Canada Health Act in 1984 or Ontario’s Commitment to the Future of Medicare Act in 2005 – have ten...