construction sector were investigated by using a comparative case study approach. Findings – Four generic procurement strategies …. Finally, firms also seek to transit to China as a procurement base in order to reduce local supply cost, service world … procurement approaches will be of interest to internationalization strategists, as well as to industry practitioners looking to …

Purpose – This paper aims to present electronic procurement benefits identified in four case companies from the … categories, especially at strategic level. New taxonomy was created, which allows evaluation of the complex e‐procurement impact …. In the proposed taxonomy, e‐procurement benefits are classified according to their level (operational, tactical …

need to achieve more synergy from its procurement spend, located in semi‐autonomous business units (BUs). The paper …‐making framework for implementing purchasing pooling. Findings – The results illustrate that prior to the study, procurement was highly …

serves the hospitality industry in North America and the Caribbean and is the largest hospitality procurement service company … in the world. This viewpoint article presents a few concepts of procurement and purchasing for hotels. Explains the …

mutual objectives, is a construct; on procurement strategy encouraged by the UK Government, as it believed that such a …

Purpose – This paper aims to argue that procurement practices in the construction industry, and building‐services in … NG Bailey, to make procurement more unified and professional in their businesses. Design/methodology/approach – The paper …, while training at national building‐services company NG Bailey has created a professional procurement function delivering …

Building cost planning was originally developed in the framework of traditional procurement methods with conventional … documentation, tendering and administration processes. With the advent of alternative forms of procurement with more fluid … procurement environments. However, little documentation and analysis of transformed and adapted forms of cost planning appear to …