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Global purchasing strategy: Conceptualization and measurement |
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| Authors: | Lieven Quintens [Author Vitae] Pieter Pauwels [Author Vitae] Paul Matthyssens [Author Vitae] |
| Institution: | a Hasselt University, Faculty of Applied Economic Sciences, Department of Business Administration, Campus Diepenbeek, Gebouw D, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium b Maastricht University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Department of Marketing, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands c University of Antwerp, Faculty of Applied Economic Sciences, Department of Management, Stadscampus, S.Z.410, Prinsstraat 13 (Z410), B-2000 Antwerpen, Belgium d Erasmus University Rotterdam, Department of Marketing Management, The Netherlands |
| Abstract: | In this paper we introduce Global Purchasing Strategy (GPS) as an explanatory construct of global purchasing performance. GPS is embedded in a contingent resource-based view. The construct is conceived as the driving force behind the strategy-organization alignment. GPS is conceptualized along four dimensions: the configuration of the global purchasing process, the standardization of the global purchasing process, the standardization of product-related characteristics and the standardization of the purchasing staff organization. We develop the GPS scale and test it on a sample of 151 internationally purchasing firms. The analytic results show evidence of both reliability and validity. We propose a general model of global purchasing performance with GPS as a central mediating construct. |
| Keywords: | Global purchasing strategy Purchasing organization Centralization Standardization Internationalization |
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