A Novel Framework for International Sourcing Applied to the Emerging Chinese Supply Market

The idea of Global Sourcing is surely one of the most popular concepts inthe field of supply management. Unfortunately, many applications ofGlobal Sourcing are limited to a rather operational view focusing on theidentification and utilization of foreign suppliers and thus ignore the potentialbenefits of a more strategic and integrated approach (Samli/Browning/Busbia, 1998). While there is a trend of using purchasing forstrategic reasons as companies have to deal with intensifying global competition(Swamidass/Kotabe, 1993) and the need to address the strategicperspective of Global Sourcing has been identified a long time ago (Arnold,1989), academic discussion has failed to deliver satisfying resultsconcerning its implementation (Trent/Monczka, 2003)...