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Early Purchaser Involvement in Open Innovation- the case of an advanced purchasing function triggering the absorption of external knowledge in the French automotive industry

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  • Romaric Servajean-Hilst

    (CRG - Centre de recherche en gestion - X - École polytechnique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Katia Picaud

    (Audencia Recherche - Audencia Business School)

Abstract

This paper investigates the mechanisms that trigger the absorption of external knowledge in an innovative French automotive firm. An ethnographic-inspired study conducted by an academic embedded within the Innovation Purchasing Department has enable us to present a rare and new function of Purchasing that plays an important role between potential new suppliers and Research and Development personnel.

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  • Romaric Servajean-Hilst & Katia Picaud, 2014. "Early Purchaser Involvement in Open Innovation- the case of an advanced purchasing function triggering the absorption of external knowledge in the French automotive industry," Post-Print halshs-00983662, HAL.
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    Open Innovation; Early Purchasing Involvement; Research-based observations; Intermediation; Absorptive Capacity;
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