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Gerhard Trautmann focuses on how companies can balance this trade-off in purchasing exploring the organization design requirements of a global sourcing strategy. The first essay presents a comprehensive framework for the analysis of integration mechanisms in hybrid purchasing organizations and empirical evidence for their application in MNCs. The second essay sets the focus of analysis at the category level providing a portfolio management approach for global sourcing. Finally, the third essay analyzes how global integration is carried out for different types of categories and provides explanations for the empirical findings by elaborating the information processing framework.
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Book Title: Global Sourcing
Book Subtitle: An Analysis of the Implications for Organization Design
Authors: Gerhard Trautmann
Series Title: Einkauf, Logistik und Supply Chain Management
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-8174-5
Publisher: Gabler Verlag Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Business and Economics (German Language)
Copyright Information: Gabler Verlag | Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, Wiesbaden 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-8349-1268-8Published: 29 September 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-3-8349-8174-5Published: 14 February 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 132
Topics: Procurement, Operations Management