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Open AccessManaging from a distance in international purchasing and supply
International purchasing and supply management (PSM) teams have long faced the visibility and understandability challenges of managing geographically dispersed and culturally distant suppliers. Problems arisin...
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Challenge of Identifying and Negotiating with Chinese Factories
Visiting the tradeshow and supplier factories are an important part of structuring the factory direct relationship with your supplier. Often buyers skip the factory visit, trusting instead their instincts on a...
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Strategic Response to a Volatile Environment: The Case of Cross-Cultural Cooperative Ventures
Unlike free-standing companies, joint ventures involve more complex governance structures and organizational systems. Because of interpartner dependence in the managerial process, it is more difficult for join...