Managing distance in international purchasing and supply: a systematic review of literature from the resource-based view perspective
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The aim of this research is to find out how the extant literature on international purchasing and supply management (PSM) covers the elements of capability from the perspective of distance. A priori, we form a framework of capability driving elements and conclude that distance—in its multiple dimensions—is the fundamental management aspect in international PSM. Equipped with analytical frameworks and a bottom–up process for identifying emergent themes, a systematic literature review was conducted on a representative sample of scholarly literature on international PSM, using the NVivo analysis software and a data display as tools. We identify several capability relevant themes from the literature, and provide a distance-based a posteriori conceptualisation of international PSM, founded in the information processing theory, with the source-user, user-user and source-source distance types driving the information processing requirements, and loading avoidance, policy-based and enhancement mechanisms determining the information processing capacity.
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1873-6149
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K02888X/1)
Birmingham City Council (35708-233529)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/E001769/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (TS/I000275/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (TS/I000313/1)