... characteristics were also noted. A future study of these influences could examine the extent to which they impact the ERPAP and could serve to help organizations minimize those that are shown to hinder it. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Purchasing Computer software Organizational behaviour In today’s...

...Geoff Bayley; Clive Nancarrow This paper reviews the literature on unplanned purchasing and impulse purchasing in particular. Various definitions and explanations of the phenomena are examined. Because impulse purchasing may often be deemed socially undesirable, it is argued that a qualitative...