Title: Prioritising purchasing development in small and medium sized enterprises

Authors: Seung-Kuk Paik, Thomas Wedel, Chi-Chuan Yao

Addresses: Systems and Operations Management Department, College of Business and Economics, California State University, Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330-8378, USA. ' Systems and Operations Management Department, College of Business and Economics, California State University, Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330-8378, USA. ' Systems and Operations Management Department, College of Business and Economics, California State University, Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330-8378, USA

Abstract: The purposes of this study are to obtain information about the current status of purchasing development in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), to examine the relationship between the level of purchasing development and the purchasing performance, and to determine which purchasing development components are more related to their purchasing performance. This study found that the level of purchasing development is related to the purchasing performance of SMEs. Beyond that, certain components of purchasing development are identified as being more relevant than others to this relationship.

Keywords: purchasing development; purchasing performance; strategic planning; supply chain managemenmt; SCM; small and medium sized enterprises; SMEs; statistical analysis; surveys.

DOI: 10.1504/IJENM.2009.032485

International Journal of Enterprise Network Management, 2009 Vol.3 No.4, pp.358 - 373

Published online: 03 Apr 2010 *

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