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Purchasing Power and Purchasing Strategies - Insights From the Humanitarian Sector
Ala Pazirandeh
- pp 91-114
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In this article, the authors study how buyers with low purchasing power, how they buy what they need, and how their decisions affect their power, and the constraints from power relations.Abstract:
Power is a complex concept in any relationship. Its relative, perceptive, intangible, context dependent, and multifaceted nature has made it difficult to study. In this research, the aim was not to study power per se, but to study purchasing in light of the existing constraints from power relations. This PhD dissertation is about buyers with low purchasing power, how they buy what they need, and how their decisions affect their power.read more
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Sourcing and supply chain management
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Competitive advantage: creating and sustaining superior performance
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