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<p>The paper explores factors influencing services procurement decision-making of manufacturing companies, and compares it to factors influencing products procurement decision-making. Data were gathered by survey among manufacturing companies and analysed by using exploratory factor analysis. The comparison between factors influencing services procurement and factors influencing products procurement is made by content analysis. Results prove that six distinct factors influence manufacturing companies when making services procurement decisions: interdepartmental communication, trust in service provider, service provider flexibility, buyer’s price sensitivity, top management support, and service provider competence. When compared to products procurement situation, it can be observed that some of the factors are influential in both purchasing situations, whereas other factors are not similarly important in both purchasing situations. The paper offers an insight to factors influencing buying decisions of manufacturing companies, that can help selling companies to better understand the differences in procurement processes of manufacturing companies in two buying situations: products procurement vs. services procurement.</p>
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The paper explores factors influencing services procurement decision-making of manufacturing companies, and compares it to factors influencing products procurement decision-making. Data were gathered by survey among manufacturing companies and analysed by using exploratory factor analysis. The comparison between factors influencing services procurement and factors influencing products procurement is made by content analysis. Results prove that six distinct factors influence manufacturing companies when making services procurement decisions: interdepartmental communication, trust in service provider, service provider flexibility, buyer’s price sensitivity, top management support, and service provider competence. When compared to products procurement situation, it can be observed that some of the factors are influential in both purchasing situations, whereas other factors are not similarly important in both purchasing situations. The paper offers an insight to factors influencing buying decisions of manufacturing companies, that can help selling companies to better understand the differences in procurement processes of manufacturing companies in two buying situations: products procurement vs. services procurement.

Factors Influencing Organisational Buying Decisions in the Manufacturing Industry: Are Products and Services Procurement Different?

Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business

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The paper explores factors influencing services procurement decision-making of manufacturing companies, and compares it to factors influencing products...

Factors Influencing Organisational Buying Decisions in the Manufacturing Industry: Are Products and Services Procurement Different?

Published Online: May 29, 2021

Page range: 99 - 111

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/zireb-2021-0005

Keywords
Organisational buying behaviour, Products procurement, Services procurement, Manufacturing companies, Factor analysis

© 2021 Dubravka Sinčić Ćorić, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Factors Influencing Organisational Buying Decisions in the Manufacturing Industry: Are Products and Services Procurement Different?

Published Online: May 29, 2021

Page range: 99 - 111

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/zireb-2021-0005

KeywordsOrganisational buying behaviour, Products procurement, Services procurement, Manufacturing companies, Factor analysis

© 2021 Dubravka Sinčić Ćorić, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Organisational buying behaviour, Products procurement, Services procurement, Manufacturing companies, Factor analysis