Investigates husband/wife influence on purchasing decisions for a variety of goods and services in the Netherlands and …

consumers adjust their habits and purchasing behaviour in response to perceived price rises. Presents evidence from a survey …

The focus of this paper is on purchasing and supplier involvement in the firm. Using the resource‐base view of the firm …, hypotheses are developed concerning purchasing/supplier involvement, strategic purchasing and firm’s financial performance. A … demonstrated. The research findings reveal that the hypotheses tested in the model are supported. Purchasing/supplier involvement …

) as an effective business‐to‐business purchasing tool. A high level of interest in EC is piqued by its ability to reduce … need to reassess their current business‐to‐business purchasing strategy which, in most cases, still relies on traditional … evaluate the strategic importance of EC to business‐to‐business purchasing, this paper reports the findings of an empirical …

The contrast between Japanese purchasing practices and US traditional purchasing practices provides a good insight into … the relative importance of JIT for US firms. Since the initial implementation of JIT purchasing in late 1980 by Kawasaki … companies plan and control their production facilities and purchasing systems but has also led to improvements in their product …

environmentalism. Such concerns have prompted purchasing professionals to reassess their current purchasing strategy. To help … purchasing professionals configure an environmentally conscious (green) purchasing strategy, the empirical findings from a survey … that either promote or inhibit the successful implementation of green purchasing and to evaluate the effects of green …

hospital purchasing is influenced today by various product and service attributes offered by vendors.  …

Examines the central proposition that the marketing‐purchasing of ew industrial manufacturing technologies involves the …