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Purchase cards and inventory control—An analytical framework

Production Planning & Control, 2005
In the context of e-business, companies use purchase cards (P-cards) to order merchandise directly from the supplier (or use the web or other e-procurement systems). The card company does the budget control and record keeping. Hence, P-cards are touted as leading to reduction in ordering costs for the buyer and financial settlement time for the seller.
A. Chandrashekar, M. Gopalakrishnan *
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Industrial Purchasing: An Empirical Exploration of the Buyclass Framework

Journal of Marketing, 1987
The Robinson, Faris, and Wind buyclass framework has been called one of the most useful concepts in organizational buyer behavior, yet the entire model has received little empirical attention. Part of the explanation is the difficulty of obtaining valid data from members of the buying center.
Erin Anderson, Wujin Chu, Barton Weitz
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Adaptive purchase tasks in the operant demand framework.

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
Various avenues exist for quantifying the effects of reinforcers on behavior. Numerous nonlinear models derived from the framework of Hursh and Silberberg (2008) are often applied to elucidate key metrics in the operant demand framework (e.g., Q₀, PMAX), with each approach presenting respective strengths and trade-offs.
Shawn P. Gilroy, Mark J. Rzeszutek, Mikhail N. Koffarnus, Derek D. Reed, Steven R. Hursh   +4 more
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Role of Persuasion in Online Purchases: A Conceptual Framework

Journal of Corporate Finance Management and Banking System
The trend towards online purchases continues to grow globally with significant increases in both the number of consumers and the volume of transactions. Indian e-commerce market is likely to show positive growth trend in the coming years. The study focuses on the role of persuasion and the factors related to attitude formation that leads to purchase ...
Ashok Mammen V, T. Bharathi
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A Framework for Understanding Grocery Purchasing in a Low-Income Urban Environment

Qualitative Health Research, 2013
Research demonstrates that food desert environments limit low-income shoppers’ ability to purchase healthy foods, thereby increasing their likelihood of diet-related illnesses. We sought to understand how individuals in an urban American food desert make grocery-purchasing decisions, and specifically why unhealthy purchases arise.
Drew A, Zachary, Anne M, Palmer, Sam Wilson, Beckham, Pamela J, Surkan   +3 more
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A Conceptual Framework for Evaluating Capital Equipment Purchases

Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management, 1987
Major capital equipment acquisitions present a series of unique challenges to a buyer. Factors that typically complicate the decision include technical operating differences in equipment, difficulties in defining specific operating requirements, and evaluation of the various cost factors that compose the life‐cycle cost for each equipment alternative ...
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Towards a Conceptual Framework of Electronic Purchasing Consortia [PDF]

, 2004
In supply chain management literature, there has been little empirical research on consortiumpurchasing focusing on a detailed analysis of information and communication (ICT) basedprocurement strategies. Based on the exploration of academic literature and two surveys amongpurchasing organisations as well as e-Marketplaces / procurement service ...
Huber, Bernd, Sweeney, Edward, Smyth, Austin   +2 more
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Operationalization of a framework for the optimal purchase of technical gases

Chemie Ingenieur Technik, 2022
R. Lemoine-Nava, C. Maul
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Purchasing Consortia: Theoretical Framework and Empirical Data.

2023
A empresa moderna deve concentrar-se nas suas capacidade específicas. Em consequência, as actividades de produção própria diminuem e uma maior responsabilidade é dada aos fornecedores. A compra toma-se uma actividade estratégica da cadeia de valor. A ideia da realização de alianças horizontais na área das compras através de consórcios de compras não ...
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Assessment Framework for Consumer Purchase Decision in Supermarket

Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, 2023
E.Aloysius Richard Rozario, M. Suresh
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