Purchasing, Supply Chain Management and Sustained Competitive Advantage: The Relevance of Resource-based Theory

Contrary to Ramsay's (2001) conclusion and Hunt and Davis's (2008) positioning of their recent article, resource-based theory suggests that purchasing and supply chain management will often have the attributes that can enable them to be sources of sustained competitive advantage.

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