Early Purchaser Involvement in Open Innovation- the case of an advanced purchasing function triggering the absorption of external knowledge in the French automotive industry

Romaric Servajean-Hilst () and Katia Picaud ()
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Romaric Servajean-Hilst: CRG - Centre de recherche en gestion - X - École polytechnique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Katia Picaud: Audencia Recherche - Audencia Business School

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Abstract: This paper investigates the mechanisms that trigger the absorption of external knowledge in an innovative French automotive firm. An ethnographic-inspired study conducted by an academic embedded within the Innovation Purchasing Department has enable us to present a rare and new function of Purchasing that plays an important role between potential new suppliers and Research and Development personnel.

Keywords: Open Innovation; Early Purchasing Involvement; Research-based observations; Intermediation; Absorptive Capacity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-04-14
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Published in 23rd IPSERA annual conference, Apr 2014, South Africa. pp.851-865

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