“Supply Management Criteria to Reassess if Suppliers Are Strategic: An Engaged Scholarship Approach”
by Turanay Caner
NC State University
Place: MA-330
Abstract
This engaged scholarship study examines how procurement executives reassess strategic suppliers to determine whether they remain strategically attractive. Problem formulation and theory development activities revealed that executives apply principles from three primary theories when reassessing strategic suppliers: transaction cost economics, capability theory, and social capital theory. The field-based policy-capturing study design, which analyzes 1,770 executive reassessments, finds that most theory-driven criteria associated with these three theories have a significant influence on reassessments. However, some expected factors are underweighted in practice, and executives often significantly weight different criteria. Field-based problem-solving activities reinforce our findings and underscore how empirically grounded informed basic research can illuminate managerial information processing in complex supply chain contexts while enhancing rigor and relevance for both scholars and practitioners.
Bio
Turanay Caner is an Associate Professor of Management at North Carolina State University’s Poole College of Management. She received her Ph.D. in Business Administration with a focus on Strategic Management from the University of Pittsburgh. Her research interests encompass strategic management, innovation, and technology management. Caner has published in journals such as the Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, and Journal of Product Innovation Management. Her work explores the dynamics of strategic alliances, new product development, the interface between the external environment and organizational actions, and the interdisciplinary nature of innovation. She is an Associate Editor for Group & Organization Management and serves on the editorial boards of several journals.
