Managing distance in international purchasing and supply: a systematic review of literature from the resource-based view perspective |
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Authors: | Harri Lorentz Mukesh Kumar Jagjit Singh Srai |
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Institution: | 1. Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Rehtorinpellonkatu 3, FIN-20014, Turku, Finland;2. Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, 17 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, United Kingdom |
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Abstract: | The aim of this research is to find out how the extant literature on international purchasing and supply management (PSM) covers the elements of capability from the perspective of distance. A priori, we form a framework of capability driving elements and conclude that distance—in its multiple dimensions—is the fundamental management aspect in international PSM. Equipped with analytical frameworks and a bottom–up process for identifying emergent themes, a systematic literature review was conducted on a representative sample of scholarly literature on international PSM, using the NVivo analysis software and a data display as tools. We identify several capability relevant themes from the literature, and provide a distance-based a posteriori conceptualisation of international PSM, founded in the information processing theory, with the source-user, user-user and source-source distance types driving the information processing requirements, and loading avoidance, policy-based and enhancement mechanisms determining the information processing capacity. |
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Keywords: | International purchasing Global sourcing Distance Systematic literature review Capability Information processing theory |
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