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THE PURCHASING MANAGEMENT OF SERVICES – A COMPARISON BETWEEN ROMANIA AND THE NETHERLANDS
THE PURCHASING MANAGEMENT OF SERVICES – A COMPARISON BETWEEN ROMANIA AND THE NETHERLANDS

Author(s): Corina Sitar Pop , Anne-Marie Andreea Hordău
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Editura Universităţii Vasile Goldiş
Keywords: Supply chain management; purchasing services; management control.

Summary/Abstract: Over the last years many countries have turned into real service economies. As a result the strategic importance of purchasing services has increased. This article aims to present a comparison between the purchasing management of services in Romanian companies and in Dutch companies. In the first part of the article we emphasis the importance of buying services and we make a literature review about the purchasing of services. Furthermore the paper presents the findings from the interviews done in three Romanian companies and three Dutch companies. At the end of the paper we present the conclusions.

  • Issue Year: 19/2009
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 52-62
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Romanian