TY - JOUR 
A1 - Martínez Lorente, Ángel Rafael
AU - Sánchez Rodríguez, Cristóbal
AU - García Clavel, José Joaquín
T1 - Benchmarking in the purchasing function: impact on purchasing performance and business performance.
Y1 - 2003
SN - 1463-5771
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10317/427
AB - The importance of benchmarking in the achievement of better results in the purchasing function and in overall business performance has been asserted in several textbooks, and in the practitioner and academic literature. However few studies have addressed the implementation of benchmarking in purchasing and its impact on purchasing and business performance. Data was collected from 306 companies and structural equations modeling is used to develop valid and reliable instruments for benchmarking, purchasing performance and business performance. The results show a significant positive impact of benchmarking on purchasing performance and an indirect positive effect on business performance. Implications of the findings for purchasing management are discussed.
KW - Organización de Empresas
KW - Benchmarking
KW - Business performance
KW - Purchasing performance
KW - Evolución de los negocios
KW - Rendimiento adquisitivo
LA - eng
PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Versión del editor: ttp://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewPDF.jsp?Filename=html/Output/Published/EmeraldFullTextArticle/Pdf/1310100503.pdf
ER -