Introduction All health systems exercise some form of purchasing, which, in its most basic form, constitutes the allocation of funds to provider organizations. When purchasing goes beyond the simple reimbursement of products and services and is aligned to societal healthcare needs and wishes, it has the potential to play a key role in determining a health system’s overall performance. However, ...

It is the Internet world with vasty purchasing data sea online that makes research model of e-consumers’ purchasing behavior very different from traditional ones. Firstly this paper proposes three kinds of research models of consumers’ purchasing behavior, and then pointed out that data-driving model is the best one to analyze e-consumers’ purchasing behavior on the Internet. Secondly, it adopt...

Green purchasing is a key strategy for enterprises to reduce waste and improve efficiency and enhance competitiveness. Based on the survey of 144 companies, five Principal components of green purchasing practices were extracted through factor analysis using SPSS statistic software. And then, regression analysis were conducted to verify the hypothesis, it drawed a conclusion on leaders’ support ...

Kraljic's (1983) purchasing portfolio approach holds that different types of purchases need different sourcing strategies, underpinned by distinct sets of resources and practices. The approach is widely deployed in business and extensively researched, and yet little research has been conducted on how knowledge and skills vary across a portfolio of purchases. This study extends the body of knowl...

Along with a variety of actions to protect the environment, environmentally preferable purchasing (EPP), often referred to as “green purchasing” has been an emerging trend over recent decades all over the world. This trend is considered as a strategic alternative for all stakeholders in the society to promote the sustainable development of global production chain with the active involvement of ...

During recent years, increasing specialisation and complex market structures have made companies divide their purchasing functions into several organisational units to cope with increasingly diversified demands on linking the internal operations within the firm with operations at their suppliers. In this paper, we focus on organising of the purchasing function as an interface between internal a...

Many studies proposed the importance of early purchasing involvement in new product development processes at private organizations. In contrast, there are other studies and empirical evidence show that early purchasing involvement is not always necessary. The purpose of this study is to determine the critical role of early purchasing involvement in the outcomes of innovative projects at two res...

The purpose of this study is to design and explain the impact pattern of online advertising on actual purchasing (Case Study: Atieh Saba Holding). The study is qualitative based on the objective and data collection process. The population of the study were all marketing and sales experts at Atieh Saba Holding, and among these experts, 10 were selected as the sample. In this study, data were col...

Purpose The aim of this study is to investigate and examine the impact strategic purchasing practices (SPP) on strategic-fit (SF) by analyzing influence SPP involvement in business strategy formulation with path-goal theory leadership styles as moderators. Design/methodology/approach Using survey data from 320 respondents representing 64 manufacturing firms Middle East, authors measure SPP, inv...