TY - GEN TY - GEN T1 - Low-Cost Country Sourcing Trends and Implications T2 - Einkauf, Logistik und Supply Chain Management A1 - Lockström, Martin. LA - English PP - Wiesbaden PB - Deutscher Universitätsverlag : Imprint: Deutscher Universitätsverlag YR - 2007 ED - 1st ed. 2007. UL - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/978-3-8350-9527-4 AB - Globalization has induced immense cost pressure in most industries. In combination with the economic downturn after the turn of the century, companies are increasingly looking for new ways of reducing costs and increasing shareholder value. From this perspective, low-cost country sourcing has proved to be an effective means to realize cost-saving targets. Although many external key success factors have been identified, relatively little is known about intra-firm factors that can influence the outcome of low-cost country sourcing initiatives. On the basis of a pan-European survey conducted among senior purchasing managers of 200 large-sized multinationals, Martin Lockström identifies internal key success factors of companies sourcing in low-cost countries. It is shown that internal factors play a significant role for the shopping achievement of an enterprise and that the respected magnitude of shopping activities in low-cost countries will rise within the next five years. OP - 285 CN - HD39.5 SN - 9783835095274 KW - Industrial procurement. KW - Management. KW - Procurement. ER -