By focusing on the interface between purchasing managers and internal customers, this
research aims at understanding what types of influence tactics purchasing managers use to …

A pervasive computing environment consists of numerous casually accessible, frequently
mobile, embedded, handheld devices capable of sensing the environment around it and …

The relationship between an agent (supply management) and a principal (client functional
user) can be studied by using agency theory as a theoretical background. In this study …

Ausgehend von der in dieser Arbeit präsentierten theoretischen Untersuchung der
Implikationen dienstleistungsspezifischer Objektmerkmale auf die strategische Beschaffung …

In this paper we present a multi-agent simulation model to investigate purchasing activities
in an organizational environment. The starting point is the observation that the majority of …

This research is based on a larger research project, called Lighthouseproject. The research
problem of this paper is to find out:(1) whether there were differences in procurement …

This study proposes a multiple criteria model for the selection of suppliers of cheap,
everyday items (ie tactical suppliers). The model applies an all unit discount purchase …

Many studies have shown that procurement has a significant impact on the overall
performance of the organization. An efficient and effective purchasing is argued to be tied to …

The use of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software had become increasingly more
common in a lot of today's businesses; it is adopted in many firms in attempts of improving …

Enterprise Resource Planning system plays a major role in the management of project
resources. However the management of donor funds by the national or county governments …