期刊名称：International Journal of Business and Management
印刷版ISSN：1833-3850
电子版ISSN：1833-8119
出版年度：2011
卷号：6
期号：4
页码：3
DOI：10.5539/ijbm.v6n4p3
出版社：Canadian Center of Science and Education
摘要：The purpose of the present investigation is to examine the perceptions of managerial practices regarding issues surrounding strategic sourcing (SS) across different industries. The two industries examined in this study are the manufacturing and the service industries. Although arguably these industries are different in terms of industry practices and culture there has been a trend toward convergence of managerial practices. Major items such as VMI, education, risk assessment, and social responsibility appear to have the same importance in both the manufacturing and service industry. The findings also indicate some support for the divergence view. Issues such as diversity, collaboration in reducing costs, and communication with upper management, exhibit some differences in opinion among manufacturing executives and service oriented executives. These differences may be attributed to the services industry still being in its infancy stage in the sourcing arena. This can have implications for both industries as they are becoming more hybrid in nature and at times becomes challenging to distinguish between a good or a service.
