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Practising social innovation: The role of social enterprises (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Lee, H., Collins, L., Phillips, W., & James, P. (2012, September). Practising social innovation: The role of social enterprises. Paper presented at British Academy of Management Conference, Cardiff, UK

Social innovation has been practiced for decades, however relatively little is known. According to Mulgan (2006), Social innovation refers to the innovative activities motivated by a social need and objective, predominantly diffused through organisat... Read More about Practising social innovation: The role of social enterprises.

Key characteristics of SME procurement: An empirical study (2012)
Presentation / Conference
James, P., Saad, M., Douglas, A., & Phillips, W. (2012, April). Key characteristics of SME procurement: An empirical study. Paper presented at IPSERA Conference 2012, Naples, Italy

This research is part of the i-Compete project on improving competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the South West of England through best practice procurement. It is jointly funded by the ERDF (through Universities South West... Read More about Key characteristics of SME procurement: An empirical study.

Discontinuous innovation: A challenge for purchasing (2012)
Journal Article
Johnsen, T., Calvi, R., & Phillips, W. Discontinuous innovation: A challenge for purchasing. Manuscript submitted for publication

Purpose of this paper This paper investigates the question: What are the challenges to the purchasing function when faced with discontinuous innovation? The paper defines discontinuous innovation, differentiating it from other forms of innovation, a... Read More about Discontinuous innovation: A challenge for purchasing.

Customer-supplier relationships during the process of innovation: An innovation systems approach (2012)
Journal Article
Phillips, W., Lamming, R., & Caldwell, N. (2012). Customer-supplier relationships during the process of innovation: An innovation systems approach. Strategic Change, 21(5-6), 263-274. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.1908

Adopting an innovation systems approach, this paper addresses how institutions in supply markets, in the institutional economics sense of informal constraints and formal rules, influence the innovation process between firms. Within an innovation sys... Read More about Customer-supplier relationships during the process of innovation: An innovation systems approach.