INTEGRATION IN THE GLOBAL SOURCING ORGANIZATION — AN INFORMATION PROCESSING PERSPECTIVE
基于信息处理视角，通过三家跨国公司的12个案例研究，探讨全球采购组织在不同情境下如何及为何进行整合，提出整合方式取决于品类特征、供应环境特征和采购单元间的相互依赖。
Global sourcing refers to the integration of decision making across worldwide purchasing units within a multinational corporation (MNC). In order to manage the integration challenge, firms have a number of tools, varying from centralization and formalization to cross‐locational teams. In this paper, we focus on explaining how and why to integrate in different circumstances. The aim of this paper is to complement prior research on global sourcing organizations, which is still rather scarce and more exploratory in nature. By extending the arguments of the information processing perspective of organizations to the global sourcing context, we seek to propel a theoretical discussion on integration in the global sourcing organization. Based on the results of 12 case studies in three MNCs, we propose that integration approaches in global sourcing organizations vary depending on the three contingencies of category characteristics, supply environment characteristics and interdependence of the purchasing units.