ISSN:0022-4030    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-493X.1994.tb00191.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:2006

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0022-4030    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-493X.1994.tb00192.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:2006

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Logistics problems have been identified as the biggest obstacle facing U.S. businesses in international sourcing. However, neither the purchasing nor the logistics literature contains much information on logistical considerations in global sourcing. This article presents the results of an exploratory study designed to learn about selected logistics issues in global sourcing. The article also identifies a number of opportunities for further research in the field.

ISSN:0022-4030    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-493X.1994.tb00193.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:2006

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

As purchasers increasingly seek ways to enhance performance in interfunctional work teams, it is essential to understand how and why various functions interact in a given manner. This article underscores how marketing and purchasing can learn from each other to heighten effectiveness and goal attainment. In particular, specific areas in which the two functions share commonalities are highlighted.

ISSN:0022-4030    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-493X.1994.tb00194.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:2006

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Purchasing professionals and researchers alike acknowledge the fact that the changing atmosphere in buyer‐supplier relationships is due largely to the globalization of the marketplace. Partnering strategies, which necessitate closer ties between buyers and suppliers, are becoming increasingly common for U.S. firms. Such strategies, in turn, allow buyers and suppliers in the United States to compete more effectively with international firms abroad. How has this changing business climate affected buyers’ choice decisions in supplier selection? That question is the focus of this study.The relative importance of supplier selection criteria is examined longitudinally by reviewing the findings of studies published during the past two decades. Those results are then compared with the findings of this study to gain insight about the relative importances of decision criteria used by purchasing professionals in selecting suppliers.

ISSN:0022-4030    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-493X.1994.tb00195.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:2006

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Most purchasing professionals generally agree that the acceptance of significant gratuities is inappropriate and should be discouraged. Managers need effective methods of monitoring and controlling such activities. This study examined the impact of certain individual and organizationally controlled variables on the acceptance of gratuities. Consequently, the study was able to identify some approaches that can be used by management for control purposes.The results indicate that formal, written policies do have a significant impact on reducing the acceptance of gratuities. However, if these policies are not also applied to sales personnel in the same organization, their impact may be diminished significantly, if not lost altogether. The engagement of upper level management in questionable activities was found to be positively related to the acceptance of gratuities by buyers and purchasing supervisors. Ironically, while it seems logical that input from purchasing personnel in the development of purchasing ethics policies should reduce the propensity to accept gratuities by department personnel, the study produced no evidence that supported this conclusion.

ISSN:0022-4030    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-493X.1994.tb00196.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:2006

数据来源: WILEY