All Outputs (6)

Adopting Industry 4.0 Applications to Enhance Procurement Processes in Ghana's Mining Industry (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Aidoo-Anderson, A., Evans, M., & Aidoo-Anderson, B. J. (2024, March). Adopting Industry 4.0 Applications to Enhance Procurement Processes in Ghana's Mining Industry. Paper presented at The 33rd Annual International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ghana's mining sector, a key contributor to the economy faces challenges in its largely manual and paper-based procurement processes. This research addresses this gap by exploring the transformative potential of Industry 4.0 technologies in enhancing... Read More about Adopting Industry 4.0 Applications to Enhance Procurement Processes in Ghana's Mining Industry.

Invitation To Gender: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Procurement Language (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Bayyat, A., Kelly, S., & Byrne, A. (2024, March). Invitation To Gender: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Procurement Language. Paper presented at The 33rd Annual International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Global public procurement spend is significant, and in addition to generating value-for-money for taxpayers, it can be used to introduce social change, namely, increasing the number of women-led [sic] businesses who secure competitive public sector c... Read More about Invitation To Gender: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Procurement Language.

Housebuilding procurement approaches: A systematic literature review (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Robertson, A., Kelly, S., Polychronakis, Y., & Sapountzis, S. (2024, March). Housebuilding procurement approaches: A systematic literature review. Paper presented at The 33rd Annual International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Current research within housebuilding procurement is based on project management approaches and theories from the infrastructure construction sector. This research uses a systematic literature review to synthesise research focused on housebuilding pr... Read More about Housebuilding procurement approaches: A systematic literature review.

Gender-responsive procurement: a systematic literature review (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Kelly, S., Reszka, M., & Polychronakis, Y. (2024, March). Gender-responsive procurement: a systematic literature review. Paper presented at The 33rd Annual International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association Conference, Rio de Janiero, Brazil

There have been a number of ways in which governments and buying organisations have used gender-responsive procurement to attempt to increase the amount and spread of spend with women-led businesses. These range from regulatory interventions, such as... Read More about Gender-responsive procurement: a systematic literature review.

Contractual opportunism in public procurement practice: the three tests (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Vašek, J., Harnach, J., & Kelly, S. (2024, March). Contractual opportunism in public procurement practice: the three tests. Paper presented at The 33rd Annual International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association Conference, Rio de Janeiro

Public sector buyers seek to put contracts in place that give them adaptation options and minimise supplier opportunism. However, there is a fine line between hard bargaining and contractual opportunism. This paper investigates this difference throug... Read More about Contractual opportunism in public procurement practice: the three tests.

Exploring Inclusivity in HE through Lego Series Play: Interactive Workshop (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Griffiths, M., & Dixon, T. (2024, March). Exploring Inclusivity in HE through Lego Series Play: Interactive Workshop. Presented at Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Conference 2024: The future is now: Building EDI practice for the changing world of HE, Liverpool

At Salford Business School we have invested in Lego Series Play to foster creativity, imagination, and problem-solving among students and staff and external organisations. This workshop uses these practices to explore gender equity in research, an ac... Read More about Exploring Inclusivity in HE through Lego Series Play: Interactive Workshop.