Developing business-activity instruments for SMEs.Business-Activity Instruments pro-actively reduce risks & uncertainties when procuring key commodities, and ensure or improve desired business performance.

Nature of embedded purchasing activities within SMEs.Presentation USE Conference 2015.

Identifying critical control points in SME purchasing activities.Presentation USE Conference 2015.

Procuring green construction innovations: PhD project in New Zealand.Presentation USE Conference 2015. How SMEs organize competitive advantage.How innovative New Zealand firms procure environmental technical innovations for the construction industry, a literature review.

Overview of recent and current procurement research projects @ Hanze. Prepared for farewell lecture Professor Gert Walhof and for the re-accreditation by the International Facilities Management Association

Op donderdag 31 januari 2019 organiseerde het Instituut voor Facility Management samen met het Lectoraat Inkoopmanagement van de Hanzehogeschool Groningen de 14e editie van het Hanze Inkoopseminar: Inkoop achter de horizon. Dagvoorzitter Marleen van der Ziel (Onlanders) en Mira Bloemen-Bekx (Dean van …

Crowdsourcing is een trend in de communicatie die steeds meer wordt toegepast door organisaties. Ook bij evenementen wordt crowdsourcing steeds meer gebruikt. Crowdsourcing wil zeggen dat consumenten worden betrokken bij de ontwikkeling of verbetering van een product of dienst. Bij evenementen wordt …

This blog will give regular updates on my PhD journey.

During the recent FMANZ Summit in Auckland we discussed the role of innovative suppliers and green procurement. Our one-hour workshop with 20-odd FMANZ professionals and managers started with the notion that we live in turbulent times with lots of changes (Rotmans e.a., 2012).

The special introduces the topic for young purchasing professionals or purchasing students. It focuses on more complex negotiations that can take several negotiation rounds. The special discusses the negotiation context, the negotiation process, and the negotiation strategy. It continues with discussing …