prof.dr. L.A. Knight (Louise)

Full Professor
BMS-HBE-ETM
l.a.knight@utwente.nl
+31534892558
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My research, teaching and advisory activities are focused on procurement/purchasing and supply management (PSM) with a particular interest in how organizations in the public and healthcare sectors can work effectively with commercial companies to deliver better services to the communities they serve.

Through various projects and courses, I address capacity building and capability development in the management of external resources at various levels and across various types of organization, such as public hospitals, municipalities, government agencies and national government department, e.g.:

  • The knowledge and skills of procurement experts, and how these need to change
  • The strategic development of strategic procurement within organizations
  • Procurement policy and strategy, especially related to concentrated markets

All of which are aimed at the future - strategic change and ‘business-not-as-usual’ – which need to be informed by new thinking and novel methods.

Since 2016, I am Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. I also serve as Associate Editor of the Journal of Public Procurement, and on the Editorial Review Board of Sustainability. I am an active member of the International Purchasing & Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA), a Fellow of theChartered Institute of Procurement and Supply and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Association (UK).

Current projects, in collaboration with local and international colleagues, include:

Expertise

  • Social Sciences

    • Research
    • Supply Management
    • Supply Chain Management
    • Perspective
    • Sustainability
    • Process
    • Approach
    • Skills

Organisations

Publications

2023

Onderzoek naar effecten inkoopsystematiek op kosten jeugdzorg: Minder aanbieders verlaagt kosten jeugdzorg niet (2023)Deal!, 2, 32-34. Hoogenraad, W., Knight, L., Uenk, N. & Vos, F. G. S.https://nevi.nl/kennislab/deal/2023/deal!-1-februari-2023-78a422aedd50f9e0b1ab1ae912a27ce5Future procurement: We need to talk about markets (2023)[Book/Report › Inaugural speech]. University of Twente. Knight, L.Organizing for supply chain resilience: a high reliability network perspective (2023)International journal of operations & production management, 43(1), 48-69. Peters, E., Knight, L., Boersma, K. & Uenk, N.https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-03-2022-0167

2022

Pursuing sustainability advantage: The dynamic capabilities of born sustainable firms (2022)Business strategy and the environment, 31(4), 1789-1813. Knoppen, D. & Knight, L.https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2984Future business and the role of purchasing and supply management: Opportunities for ‘business-not-as-usual’ PSM research (2022)Journal of purchasing and supply management, 28(1). Article 100753. Knight, L., Tate, W., Carnovale, S., Di Mauro, C., Bals, L., Caniato, F., Gualandris, J., Johnsen, T., Matopoulos, A., Meehan, J., Miemczyk, J., Patrucco, A. S., Schoenherr, T., Selviaridis, K., Touboulic, A. & Wagner, S. M.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pursup.2022.100753Transitions, opportunities and challenges – Change and continuity at JPSM (2022)Journal of purchasing and supply management, 28(1). Article 100755. Tate, W. L., Di Mauro, C., Carnovale, S. & Knight, L.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pursup.2022.100755

2021

Practitioners' learning about healthcare supply chain management in the COVID-19 pandemic: a public procurement perspective (2021)International journal of operations & production management, 41(13), 178-189. Harland, C. M., Knight, L., Patrucco, A. S., Lynch, J., Telgen, J., Peters, E., Tátrai, T. & Ferk, P.https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-05-2021-0348New procurement directions in supply chain management (2021)In Global Logistics: New Directions in Supply Chain Management. Kogan Page. Knight, L., Vos, F. G. S. & Meehan, J.Does relationship control hinder relationship commitment?: The role of supplier performance measurement systems in construction infrastructure projects (2021)International journal of production economics, 233. Article 108000. Patrucco, A., Moretto, A. & Knight, L.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2020.108000

2020

In search of non-positivist case study research (2020)[Contribution to conference › Paper] 36th Annual IMP Conference and Doctoral Colloquium, IMP 2020. Knight, L. & Johnsen, T.

Other contributions

Book: Knight, L.A., Harland, C.M., Telgen, J., Callender, G., Thai, K.V. and McKen, K.E. (Eds) (2007) Public Procurement: International Cases and Commentary. London: Routledge.

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