Purchasing alignment under multiple contingencies: A configuration theory approach

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 625-645

  Mikalef, Patrick ^a   Pateli, Adamantia ^a   Batenburg, Ronald S ^b   Van De Wetering, Rogier ^b  

^a IONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Purchasing; Purchasing alignment; QCA; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

PURCHASING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

CAUSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS; CENTRALIZED PURCHASING; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; FUZZY SET QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS; MULTIPLE CONTINGENCIES; ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS; PURCHASING AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENTS;

SALES;

EID: 84929301553     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IMDS-10-2014-0298     Document Type: Article

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