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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.

A Systematic Literature Review Of The Factors Of Information Sharing That Enable Circular Procurement In The Construction Industry (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Kelly, S., & Kalaitzi, D. (2023, September). A Systematic Literature Review Of The Factors Of Information Sharing That Enable Circular Procurement In The Construction Industry. Paper presented at 27th Annual Logistics Research Network (LRN) Conference, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh

The construction industry is one of the most resource-intensive industries, and the recent challenges of material shortages and scarcity with the growing environmental concerns led to the ongoing discussion of the development of circular economy (CE)... Read More about A Systematic Literature Review Of The Factors Of Information Sharing That Enable Circular Procurement In The Construction Industry.

Can we design a better advertisement for a SCM job than the AI? An experimental study (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Klézl, V., Kelly, S., Vašek, J., Rezvani, Z., & Farashah, A. (2023, April). Can we design a better advertisement for a SCM job than the AI? An experimental study. Paper presented at 32nd Annual International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association Conference, Barcelona

This article aims to contribute to the very current discussion on the Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered tools in practice by conducting an experiment on overall usability of an AI generated job advertisement compared to a “real” advertisement from... Read More about Can we design a better advertisement for a SCM job than the AI? An experimental study.

Negotiating in public sector procurement: a systematic literature review (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Kelly, S., Polychronakis, Y., & Israilidis, J. (2023, April). Negotiating in public sector procurement: a systematic literature review. Paper presented at The 32nd Annual International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association Conference, Barcelona

The paper synthesises and consolidates the current public sector negotiation literature to establish a coherent platform through which to inform new policies and directions that will be needed as we move into a more flexible, dynamic, and changing re... Read More about Negotiating in public sector procurement: a systematic literature review.

Demand Forecasting in Manufacturing Pharmaceutical (MPharma) Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Aidoo-Anderson, A., Polychronakis, Y., & Kelly, S. (2023, April). Demand Forecasting in Manufacturing Pharmaceutical (MPharma) Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana. Paper presented at 32nd Annual International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association Conference, Barcelona

This paper investigates how Manufacturing Pharmaceutical (Mpharma) SMEs in Ghana forecast demand. It identifies sector-specific forecasting methods, the importance of accurately forecasting demand, as well as the challenges and how they can be mitiga... Read More about Demand Forecasting in Manufacturing Pharmaceutical (MPharma) Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana.

Organisational innovation and sustainability: the critical role of procurement (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Israilidis, J., Polychronakis, Y., & Kelly, S. (2023, April). Organisational innovation and sustainability: the critical role of procurement. Paper presented at 32nd Annual International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association Conference, Barcelona

The paper explores how procurement can innovate to meet emerging socio-economic and environmental challenges. Innovation is looked at from the theoretical lens of absorptive capacity. We see procurement as gatekeepers operating at the interface betwe... Read More about Organisational innovation and sustainability: the critical role of procurement.

Gendered language as a barrier to female-led company participation in public sector tenders: A gender-responsive approach (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Kelly, S., Hasche, N., Klezl, V., Marshall, D., Stek, K., & Reszka, M. (2023, April). Gendered language as a barrier to female-led company participation in public sector tenders: A gender-responsive approach. Paper presented at IPSERA, Barcelona

Global public procurement spend is significant and although its central goal is essentially the acquisition of goods and services for governments at the best possible value, it must also serve to promote equal treatment of all interest groups in the... Read More about Gendered language as a barrier to female-led company participation in public sector tenders: A gender-responsive approach.

A framework for implementing gamification in purchasing and supply management education (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Kelly, S., Vangorp, P., Meyer, D., & Delke, V. (2021, March). A framework for implementing gamification in purchasing and supply management education. Presented at 30th Annual IPSERA Conference 2021, Knoxville, United States

This paper uses the findings from a literature review and series of expert interviews to develop a richer and Purchasing and Supply Management (PSM) context-specific perspective of the different key techniques, tools and principles that can be used t... Read More about A framework for implementing gamification in purchasing and supply management education.

Exploring industry 4.0 professional roles and skills within purchasing and supply management (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Delke, V., Karttunen, E., Kelly, S., Stek, K., & Tkac, M. (2021, March). Exploring industry 4.0 professional roles and skills within purchasing and supply management. Presented at 30th Annual IPSERA Conference 2021, Knoxville, United States

Professional roles, including specific skills for each role, are a step towards higher professionalism and maturity within purchasing and supply management (PSM). The global development towards increasing digitalization, Industry 4.0, globalization,... Read More about Exploring industry 4.0 professional roles and skills within purchasing and supply management.

Opportunities for gamified learning in purchasing and supply management education (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Kelly, S., Vangorp, P., Stek, K., & Delke, V. (2020, September). Opportunities for gamified learning in purchasing and supply management education. Presented at ECGBL 2020 14th European Conference on Game-Based Learning, Brighton, United Kingdom

Gamification has been used in a wide variety of subject-specific education contexts. Examples of such usage in the Supply Chain Management (SCM) context include the oft-played beer distribution game, developed by MIT Sloan School of Management (For... Read More about Opportunities for gamified learning in purchasing and supply management education.

Smart supply chain: Are the procurers ready for industry 4.0 (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Kelly, S., Tkac, M., & Stek, K. (2020, September). Smart supply chain: Are the procurers ready for industry 4.0. Presented at 28th Interdisciplinary Information Management Talks: Digitalized Economy, Society and Information Management, IDIMT 2020, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic

Industry 4.0 brings changes to the supply chain environment and companies that want to benefit from these changes must be prepared to implement them. However, successful implementation requires skilled and trained personnel who will embrace these cha... Read More about Smart supply chain: Are the procurers ready for industry 4.0.

Supply chain management in the videogames industry: a systematic literature review evaluating the maturity of the field and establishing a new research agenda (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Kelly, S., Klezl, V., Israilidis, J., & Malone, N. (2019, April). Supply chain management in the videogames industry: a systematic literature review evaluating the maturity of the field and establishing a new research agenda. Presented at 28th International IPSERA Conference: Art and Science of Procurement, Milan, Italy

The Video Games Industry (VGI) continues to grow dramatically and, as industries mature, they rely more heavily on Supply Chain Management (SCM) to ensure effective operations leading to greater levels of performance. SCM has been widely covered in m... Read More about Supply chain management in the videogames industry: a systematic literature review evaluating the maturity of the field and establishing a new research agenda.

Naughty but nice: communications in controversial industries (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Marshall, D., Rehme, J., Kelly, S., Chicksand, D., & Boojihawon, R. (2018, March). Naughty but nice: communications in controversial industries. Presented at 27th Annual International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association Conference, Athens

The role of explicit and tacit knowledge in purchasing and supply management (PSM) today and in future (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Bals, L., Kelly, S., Schulze, H., & Stek, K. (2017, April). The role of explicit and tacit knowledge in purchasing and supply management (PSM) today and in future. Presented at 26th Annual IPSERA Conference 2017, Budapest, Hungary

While research has shed considerable light on the organizational-level maturity of PSM organizations, the individual competencies of PSM, especially in light of current developments in the workplace such as digitization, have received relatively less... Read More about The role of explicit and tacit knowledge in purchasing and supply management (PSM) today and in future.