...Yangyan Shi; Eias AI Humdan; Yangfei Gao Purpose This study aims to examine the integration of third-party purchasing (3PP) as a procurement outsourcing service within third-party logistics (3PL) operations, focusing on its transactional enablers, supply chain ( SC ) implications...

... be contacted at: claudia.gesell@unibw.de Procurement Communication Buyer–supplier relationship Structural equation model “Supply chains have become increasingly complex in the last decade” (Lu and Shang, 2017 , p. 23), thus communication and coordination has become one of the most important...

...Daniel D. Prior; Lakshi Karunarathne Hitihami Mudiyanselage; Omar Khadeer Hussain Purpose This study aims to assess the following question: “which information processing approach, formalization or centralization, responds to procurement complexity and how does this affect procurement performance...

... presents an extended transaction cost framework for research on public procurement (PP) with a corresponding set of propositions. Transaction cost theory and specific features of and challenges to the PP function identified in extant literature constitute the main elements of the framework. Findings...

... 2020 20 03 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Public sector Buyer–seller relationship Outsourcing IT Procurement Networks This paper centers round outsourcing in the public sector. This topic is approached here...

... into an outstanding service provider. Findings – The paper shows that as the company’s business strategy becomes focused on client value, its success is strongly dependent on the development of a customer-driven procurement. The evolution of the role of procurement is accompanied by the growing integration...

... public procurement acts. Originality/value – This paper offers unique contributions by addressing a gap in the relationship marketing literature and a lack of quantitative studies of buyer-supplier relationships in project-based industries. In situations when integration is potentially beneficial...

...Mark Leach Purpose This paper intends to further understanding of the world marketplace by examining the procurement practices of high‐tech suppliers across several countries in Central and Eastern Europe and in the USA. In particular, this examination will focus on the extent to which the smaller...

... the use of the internet as a source of information in procurement. Design/methodology/approach This research analyzes whether different internet tools are used throughout the phases in the purchasing process and, at the same time, whether the characteristics of the buying situation determine the use...

... the knowledge about the supply chain management process and to enable the industrial partners to learn from best practice. Identifies other enterprises in Europe and their processes. A set of flow charts portrays what is considered to be a best practice process spanning the areas of procurement and supply chain...