...Yu Han; Anna Yumiao Tian; Woon Kian Chong; Alain Yee Loong Chong; Antony Paulraj Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets with an updated Purchasing Portfolio Matrix (PPM) specifically for international sourcing. This data-driven...

... International sourcing Global sourcing (GS) – i.e., proactively integrating and coordinating common materials, designs, methods, processes, standards, specifications and suppliers across international locations (Trent and Monczka, 2003a) – has been a major industry trend in the past two decades...

... into a second industry block. Other industries differed too much from each other and from the above industry groups to be classified into blocks of sufficient size to use in this analysis. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Developing countries International sourcing Just‐in‐time Mexico Operations...

... performance measures and costs, managerial problems, and modes of communication. The results point to the importance of linking supplier selection criteria with corporate strategic initiatives in the evaluation of international sources. Globalization International sourcing Just‐in‐time Manufacturing...