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Insurance and Improving Its Strategic Purchase in Iran

Journal of Insurance Medicine, 2022
As in most countries, patients, health care providers, and insurance organizations are key components of the health care system in Iran. High rates of growth and development in today's financial markets, have made the insurance industry with its unique calculations and models, a prominent player in this specialized economic sector.
Mahdieh, Motie, Reza, Dehnavieh, Khalil, Kalavani   +2 more
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Purchasing's strategic irrelevance

European Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management, 2001
Abstract The resource based perspective (RBP) is an area within strategy theory dealing with the effects of resources and their management on company financial performance. One sub-set of the RBP literature deals with the effects of resources on strategic performance through the generation of competitive advantage.
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Integrating purchasing into strategic management

Long Range Planning, 1990
Abstract The authors argue that a firm's ability to compete successfully in today's environment requires the integration of a sophisticated purchasing function into the strategic management decision making process. Three factors are creating the need for this integration: changes in the supply environment, increasing intensity of competition, and the
John N. Pearson, Karen J. Gritzmacher
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Optimization of Strategic Flight Ticket Purchase

2013
Current results of revenue management and pricing policy research enable organizations to identify and realize optimal sales strategies and decisions. In response, enterprises which have to deal with the results of pricing policies are compelled to optimize their purchase. New developments in the aviation sector and airline industry along with a highly
Kathrin Armborst, Brigitte Werners
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The Strategic Logic of Arms Purchasing

2023
International arms sales play an important role in the defense of states and as a result a sizeable literature has developed that deals with this topic. The importance of arms sales to states has carried over into political science as a result, where weapons play an important role in a variety of theories particularly those that fall into the various ...
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Strategic decisions to join group purchasing organizations

Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2020
Abstract Group purchasing organizations (GPOs) aim to aggregate the purchasing requirements of many buyers and utilize economies of scale to save costs and obtain quantity discounts from suppliers. This paper extends the application of GPOs to the chain stores industry.
Abbas Ahmadi, Mehdi Heydari, Mir Saman Pishvaee, Ebrahim Teimoury   +3 more
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At last purchasing is becoming strategic

Long Range Planning, 1994
Abstract For 20 years purchasing managers have been challenged to view their function from a more proactive and strategic perspective. Certainly, a great deal of senior management attention has been focused on the firm's procurement related activities in an attempt to gain competitive advantage, Yet, the challenge has become more acute as firm's face
Robert E. Spekman, John W. Kamauff, Deborah J. Salmond   +2 more
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Strategic Purchasing Supply Initiatives

1997
Experienced CPOs have had days that they thought were going to be easy, only to see them turn into a hectic bind. Other times, they’ve walked into the office in the morning knowing they were going to be busy with interviews to hire a new buyer—only to lean back in their chair that afternoon with everything done.
Victor H. Pooler, David J. Pooler
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Strategic Capacity Rationing to Induce Early Purchases

Management Science, 2008
Dynamic pricing offers the potential to increase revenues. At the same time, it creates an incentive for customers to strategize over the timing of their purchases. A firm should ideally account for this behavior when making its pricing and stocking decisions.
Qian Liu 0002, Garrett J. van Ryzin
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Strategic Purchasing Management

2011
Purchasing is at the heart of any supply chain. Purchasing needs to be strategic to facilitate an effective supply chain. Within this chapter, I will explore corporate planning, purchasing planning and strategies, corporate and environmental factors and how to go about the strategy and planning process.
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