Procurement's Best-Priced Deal May Stifle Innovation
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 1, 2011
When I politely point out procurement's role in selecting, shaping and paying for partnerships, the answer I get astonishes: We can reimburse our suppliers and partners out of another budget. I have never come across a procurement department with a post-procurement "innovation budget" to fund emergent ideas or supplier-driven proposals.
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