Purchasing and Supply Management in a Changing World

This JPSM special issue is based on the 21st IPSERA Conference held in Naples in 2012 where delegates from 23 countries presented and debated their ideas associated with the main Conference theme "Purchasing and Supply Management in a Changing World". The discussion reflected the contribution of Purchasing and Supply Management (PSM) research including the factors and the related causes fueling the changes in technology, market and environmental conditions affecting the socio-economic system in the recent years at world-wide level. This editorial provides an overview of both traditional and emerging issues in PSM that were discussed in the Conference. It also provides a short description of the six papers included in this special issue. (C) 2013 Published by Elsevier Ltd.