Procurement's Best-Priced Deal May Stifle Innovation
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 1, 2011
Vendor/partners — who are compensated by procurement — end up having to explain away or conceal the bootleg or graymarket innovation projects they're billing for. It's leadership. This dichotomy — schizophrenia is actually a better word — is a surefire invitation to conflict and dysfunction.
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