The paper focuses on strategic sourcing in the upstream supply chain of footwear industry Pakistan. It intends to explore drivers and enablers how performance these sources is measured. study develops a framework for Performance Measurement (PM) Strategic Sourcing process. research has been undertaken using qualitative methodology case data collected through semi-structured interviews, direct f...

It has seldom examined how global sourcing decisions affect consumer formulate the hypotheses empirically tested in this study. Next, we describe the methodology employed to test the behavior. Through an experimental design, this study investigated how global sourcing locations and related factors influence consumers’ product hypotheses. Last, we present our findings and discuss the implication...

We consider a single stage periodic-review inventory system with backorders and dual sourcing: Replenishment can occur through a regular channel and/or a more expensive expedited channel with a smaller lead time. Globally optimal policies for these problems are in general highly complex; we therefore introduce a simple class of heuristic base stock policies. We call our class of policies the si...

This paper explores the influences of two internal factors, i.e. supplier team’s IT-based skills and communication with client’s team, and two contextual factors, i.e. supplier team’s understanding of client’s culture and collaboration with client’s team, on knowledge processes and performance in global sourcing of IT services from the Chinese provider’s perspective. Knowledge processes are cha...

This paper studies sourcing decisions of firms in a multi-tier supply chain when procurement is subject to disruption risk. We argue that features of the production process that are commonly encountered in practice (including differential production technologies and financial constraints) may result in the formation of inefficient supply chains, owing to the misalignment of the sourcing incenti...

The purpose of this study is to explore the link between integration and global sourcing success in international operations and by doing so, to clarify the ambiguous picture that prevails in the existing literature. Specifically, this quantitative study aims at identifying the role of the buying companies’ internal and external integration with suppliers using a social capital lens. Data were ...

This paper examines the geography of technological learning and knowledge acquisition among Taiwanese andKoreanfirms. Specifically it focuseson the knowledge sourcing experience of Asian manufacturing latecomers in the UnitedStates (US). TheAsian latecomermodel of learning ischaracterizedby a triangular spatial division of knowledge sourcing and technological production that involves the transf...

Recent years have witness the pervasive supply disruptions and their impacts on supply chain performance. We investigate single or dual sourcing emergency model with partial supply disruptions. Introducing the concept of disruption proportion and delivery allocation, we first explore partial interrupted proportion of main supplier and delivery proportion of backup supplier. Under partial disrup...

This paper studies the relationships between the choice of a sourcing mode for information systems, the value of the resources used in systems development activities and the presence of those resources at sufficient level within the firm. The objective is to better understand the factors underlying the decision to keep the development of an information system inside the firm or to entrust it to...