Research
Dr Ambe's research provides independent insight to inform policy decisions in governments and competitive advantage for corporate.
Marcus Ambe adopts a problem-centered approach to research and collaborates with strategic partners. We engage aspiring organizations and institutions where our research ideas and innovation are valuable to promote economic and societal value. We engage across sectors and disciplines through our network, to embed and develop customer-responsive supply chain theory into practical and desirable research solutions.
His research solutions to corporate and government agencies are in the form of:
- Feasibility studies
- Benchmarking
- Gap analysis
- Case studies
- Surveys
- Market analysis
Sub-themes for the research project are:
- Strategic procurement and supply chain, with a particular focus on procurement strategy, category management, strategic sourcing, category management, buyer-supplier relationships, logistics, and transport infrastructure.
- Government procurement and supply chain management, how government institutions leverage their purchasing buying power towards integrated socio-economic empowerment policies and championing the socio-economic empowerment of diverse/small businesses. Including innovation and sustainability in procurement, ethics, policies and regulations, governance, inclusive procurement, and professionalism.
- Emerging issues in procurement and supply chain management, with a focus on innovation, sustainability and ESG, digitalization and crisis management.