Purchasing practices in small- to medium-sized enterprises: An examination of strategic purchasing adoption, supplier evaluation and supplier capabilities

Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 214-226

  Pressey, Andrew D ^a   Winklhofer, Heidi M ^b   Tzokas, Nikolaos X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Purchasing; SME; Strategic purchasing; Supplier evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350733517     PISSN: 14784092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pursup.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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