Professor Christine Harland

Association President and Director, Centre for Research in Strategic Purchasing and Supply (CRiSPS),
University of Bath

Christine’s specialist field of research is strategic supply management. Her particular interests include the development of the concept of supply strategy, a holistic approach to supply networks, formulation of strategy for supply networks, complex confederal public sector supply networks, international comparative studies of public procurement, the study of perceptions in supply chains, focus and roles in supply chains, e-procurement, and supply chain performance. She is Co-Director of the research partnership with the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency on supply strategy in the health sector, helping to innovate service packages and redesign the supply network to serve end customers better, and to deliver government objectives. She has been Principal Investigator on a number of research projects, including the EPSRC-funded Inter-Organisation Networks project, the e-Business for SME Supply Chains project funded by the DTI and BT and the Future Potential of e-Procurement within the United Nations. Christine is the current President of the Health Care Supply Association.