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

Romaric Servajean-Hilst (1) , Katia Picaud (2)

1 CRG - Centre de recherche en gestion
2 Audencia Recherche

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.

Mots clés: Open Innovation; Early Purchasing Involvement; Research-based observations; Intermediation; Absorptive Capacity

Domaines: Gestion et management

Romaric Servajean-Hilst, Katia Picaud. Early Purchaser Involvement in Open Innovation- the case of an advanced purchasing function triggering the absorption of external knowledge in the French automotive industry. 23rd IPSERA annual conference, Apr 2014, South Africa. pp.851-865. ⟨halshs-00983662⟩