Ojadi, Francis, Tickle, Matthew, Adebanjo, Dotun ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4845-9411, Laosirihongthong, Tritos and Boon-itt, Sakun (2016) Supplier qualification for high value goods and services in Nigeria: A comparison of qualified and non-qualified suppliers. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 20 (3). pp. 201-216. ISSN 1367-5567 (Print), 1469-848X (Online) (doi:10.1080/13675567.2016.1210105)

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Abstract

This study set out to understand the capabilities of suppliers of high value products and services in Nigeria. Supplier capability data was collected from almost 500 potential suppliers across 28 product categories. The findings indicate that only a small minority of potential suppliers achieved the required levels of performance and that very few companies have suitable operational capabilities or corporate citizenship behaviour. Furthermore, significant differences were found between service suppliers and product suppliers with regard to performance. The findings suggest that the majority of suppliers of products and services in Nigeria need to improve their operational capabilities and corporate citizenship behaviours or else risk losing their ability to compete in a changing market place with new barriers to entry.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Suppliers; Supplier Selection; Developing countries
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HG Finance
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Business Faculty of Business > Department of Systems Management & Strategy Faculty of Business > Networks and Urban Systems Centre (NUSC) > Supply Chain Management Research Group
Last Modified:	31 Jan 2018 09:47
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/15649

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