The impact of digitalization on the future of the PSM function managing purchasing and innovation in new product development – Evidence from a Delphi study

Wehrle, Manuel; Birkel, Hendrik; Gracht, Heiko A. von der; Hartmann, Evi

doi:10.1016/j.pursup.2021.100732

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“…In this study, we focus on the second dimension of digital capacity as a digital transformation driver, namely, a factor that enables the implementation of transformation. It relates to the potential of firms to adopt and use digital technologies, digitalize their offerings, and create new value from digitally driven business models by shifting for example from product-centric to digitally based servitization activities; to the restructuring of business functions such as for example purchase and supply management or new product development; to the employment of high-skilled workforce (Ciarli et al, 2021 ; Paiola & Gebauer, 2020 ; Scuotto et al, 2022 ; Siachou et al, 2021 ; Wehrle et al, 2021 ). To further elucidate each firm’s digital capacity, we can distinguish between two groups of digital technologies, based on their relation to the innovation process.…”

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Linking Digital Capacity to Innovation Performance: the Mediating Role of Absorptive Capacity

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Digital technologies are considered as factors that accelerate the pace of innovation and increase the firm’s innovation performance. However, few studies have investigated whether this claim is conditioned by other elements that contribute to innovation. Furthermore, firms increasingly rely on external knowledge sources to expand their internal knowledge base for the development of innovations. In this context, absorptive capacity can be considered as an essential organizational capability to embrace adoption of digital technologies and enhance their positive effect on innovation performance. This paper builds on this discussion and studies the contribution of digital capacity on innovation performance, proposing the mediating role of absorptive capacity in the context of the digital transformation. It uses evidence from an extensive Greek survey in 1014 manufacturing firms and analyzes the complex relationships underlying the role of digital transformation to innovation. The contribution of the paper is two-fold: (i) it provides a deeper insight into the underlying mechanisms through which firms can leverage their digital capacity to accelerate innovation, and (ii) it highlights the important mediating role of absorptive capacity in enhancing the positive effects of digitalization indicating that digital capacity is not an unquestionable asset for innovation performance. Accordingly, our results show a positive direct contribution of digital capacity to innovation performance, which is enhanced in the presence of absorptive capacity as a mediator. In fact, the indirect effect of digital capacity to innovation performance through absorptive capacity is stronger. These findings present important policy implications, as there is need for improvement in other innovation-related aspects of the business ecosystem to efficiently address the challenge of digital transformation, such as R&D efforts, training, interaction among actors, and building of communities of practice.

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Linking Digital Capacity to Innovation Performance: the Mediating Role of Absorptive Capacity

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“…The Delphi survey was adopted to rate a set of elements related to the management of marinas, both from a management and landscape point of view. The Delphi survey is a method introduced by the Rand Corporation in 1950, and, since then, it has been used for multiple investigations [43][44][45]. It is a structured and systematic group communication process technique used to deal with a complex problem.…”

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Assessing the Relationship between Landscape and Management within Marinas: The Managers’ Perception

Martín

Piqueras

2022

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Marinas are maritime features related to nautical tourism. The contemplation of pleasant surroundings acquires great importance in achieving this leisure character. The European Landscape Convention undertakes the necessity of integrating landscape into the planning policies. Thus, the marina’s management decision-making processes should reflect this awareness of the landscape. However, the landscape evaluation has not been appropriately considered despite its importance. This research attempts to introduce an initial framework to evaluate this influence, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of the different subjects. For this purpose, the most significant elements of the marina management related to the landscape were rated, both from management and landscape perspectives. Two expert panels from Spain were used: 23 experts evaluated the above elements following the Delphi method, and 17 weighted the main management activities using DHP. Results show that there is a lack of concern for the landscape. Managers tend to consider physical conditions, whereas subjective conditions are relegated to the background. In this respect, this methodology provides the first stage for the landscape/management relationship, helping managers identify the main topics and prioritize related actions.

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“…Furthermore, as a result of user-producer collaboration, production efficiency can be improved, while product design can be more accommodating to users’ emotional needs ( Hao et al, 2021 ; Otto et al, 2021 ). Therefore, when purchasing products and services, the most important factor to consider is how to provide consumers with an emotional experience that exceeds their expectations through design innovation ( Bu et al, 2021 ; Wehrle et al, 2021 ).…”

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Investigate the Influencing Factors of Industrial Design Platform Demand: From the Perspective of Emotional Interaction

Zhang¹,

Yang²,

Tong³

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Front. Psychol.

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With the deep integration of industries brought about by big data technology, users’ design needs are diversifying and individuating. Thanks to big data technology, users’ diverse design needs can be precisely met. Meanwhile, big data can be used to realize emotional interaction for personalized design needs of users, resulting in a better user experience. Using grounded theory to mine user demand text data, this paper investigates the influencing factors of emotional interaction and dynamic resource allocation in the digital design supply chain. The results show that government-driven factors have a direct impact on the demand for industrial design in user emotional interactions. Market factors are the most fundamental in the development of an industrial design service platform, and universities play an important role in this. Furthermore, a lack of market sensitivity stems from a lack of emotional interaction with users, resulting in a schism between industry, university, and research, which has become a major impediment to the development of China’s industrial design industry. This study not only lays the theoretical groundwork for understanding the mechanisms of user emotional interaction on IDSPs, but it also points the way forward for future industrial design service platform development.

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The impact of digitalization on the future of the PSM function managing purchasing and innovation in new product development – Evidence from a Delphi study

Cited by 30 publications

References 90 publications

Linking Digital Capacity to Innovation Performance: the Mediating Role of Absorptive Capacity

Linking Digital Capacity to Innovation Performance: the Mediating Role of Absorptive Capacity

Assessing the Relationship between Landscape and Management within Marinas: The Managers’ Perception

Investigate the Influencing Factors of Industrial Design Platform Demand: From the Perspective of Emotional Interaction

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