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| Tekijä: | Mudambi, R. Schründer, C.P. Mongar, A. |
| Otsikko: | How co-operative is co-operative purchasing in smaller firms? Evidence from UK engineering SMEs |
| Lehti: | Long Range Planning
2004 : FEB, VOL. 37:1, p. 85-102 |
| Asiasana: | Management Strategy Purchasing Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) Engineering industry United Kingdom |
| Vapaa asiasana: | SME |
| Kieli: | eng |
| Tiivistelmä: | Most SMEs do not try to engage in co-operative purchasing arrangements, and even those that do don't handle them very well. Examining a sample of SME engineering firms from the UK Midlands for signs of more advanced practice, the authors identify three types of behaviour: firms with deliberate strategies, firms with close ties with their suppliers but which still operate fundamentally adversarial policies, and those whose strategies 'just happened' and are described as still emergent. The article analyses these positions to yield lessons for managers, recognising that, as firms grow, emergent strategies will need replacing with something more codified. |
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