standards, quality standards and so forth. Nevertheless, a vast majority of the purchasing literature still focuses on the … help purchasing professionals to formulate viable sourcing strategies in the changing world marketplace.  …

) as an effective business‐to‐business purchasing tool. A high level of interest in EC is piqued by its ability to reduce … need to reassess their current business‐to‐business purchasing strategy which, in most cases, still relies on traditional … evaluate the strategic importance of EC to business‐to‐business purchasing, this paper reports the findings of an empirical …

environmentalism. Such concerns have prompted purchasing professionals to reassess their current purchasing strategy. To help … purchasing professionals configure an environmentally conscious (green) purchasing strategy, the empirical findings from a survey … that either promote or inhibit the successful implementation of green purchasing and to evaluate the effects of green …

has yet to commit socially responsible sourcing practices with a concern over increased purchasing price. Also, it was … found that a premium purchasing price paid to fair‐trade coffee beans did not undermine the coffee retailer's comparative … operating efficiency despite its adverse impact on purchasing cost. In other words, a cost increase resulting from socially …