In this paper we introduce Global Purchasing Strategy (GPS) as an explanatory construct of global purchasing performance. GPS is embedded in a contingent resource-based view. The construct is conceived as the driving force behind the strategy-organization alignment. GPS is conceptualized along four dimensions: the configuration of the global purchasing process, the standardization of the global purchasing process, the standardization of product-related characteristics and the standardization of the purchasing staff organization. We develop the GPS scale and test it on a sample of 151 internationally purchasing firms. The analytic results show evidence of both reliability and validity. We propose a general model of global purchasing performance with GPS as a central mediating construct. © 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Quintens, L., Pauwels, P., Matthyssens, P. (2006). Global purchasing strategy: Conceptualization and measurement. INDUSTRIAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT, 35(7), 881-891 [10.1016/j.indmarman.2006.05.009].

Global purchasing strategy: Conceptualization and measurement

Matthyssens P.
2006

Abstract

In this paper we introduce Global Purchasing Strategy (GPS) as an explanatory construct of global purchasing performance. GPS is embedded in a contingent resource-based view. The construct is conceived as the driving force behind the strategy-organization alignment. GPS is conceptualized along four dimensions: the configuration of the global purchasing process, the standardization of the global purchasing process, the standardization of product-related characteristics and the standardization of the purchasing staff organization. We develop the GPS scale and test it on a sample of 151 internationally purchasing firms. The analytic results show evidence of both reliability and validity. We propose a general model of global purchasing performance with GPS as a central mediating construct. © 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Centralization; Global purchasing strategy; Internationalization; Purchasing organization; Standardization
English
2006
35
7
881
891
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Quintens, L., Pauwels, P., Matthyssens, P. (2006). Global purchasing strategy: Conceptualization and measurement. INDUSTRIAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT, 35(7), 881-891 [10.1016/j.indmarman.2006.05.009].
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