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Local Sourcing

Local Sourcing is a sustainable procurement strategy whereby an organization prioritizes acquiring goods and services from suppliers located within its own geographic region or country, thereby minimizing supply-chain distance and associated environmental impacts while strengthening local economic and social outcomes compared with more geographically dispersed sourcing options.

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389

Authors

231

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2017–2026

53

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Local Procurement

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Publications

190

Understanding offshoring: A research framework based on disintegration, location and externalization advantages

Ben L. Kedia, Debmalya Mukherjee · Journal of World Business · 2008 · 343 citations

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How foreign firms curtail local supplier opportunism in China: Detailed contracts, centralized control, and relational governance

Kevin Zheng Zhou, Dean Xu · Journal of International Business Studies · 2012 · 281 citations

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Global Versus Local CSR Strategies

Alan Muller · European Management Journal · 2006 · 233 citations

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Local sourcing in developing countries: The role of foreign direct investments and global value chains

Vito Amendolagine, Andrea Presbitero, Roberta Rabellotti et al. · World Development · 2018 · 209 citations · Full text

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Supermarket Procurement Practices in Developing Countries: Redefining the Roles of the Public and Private Sectors

David Boselie, Spencer Henson, Dave D. Weatherspoon · American Journal of Agricultural Economics · 2003 · 208 citations · Full text

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Authors

389

  1. BN
    Baozhuang Niu

    South China University of Technology, China

    5 publications · 174 citations

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  2. CG
    Claes G. Alvstam

    University of Gothenburg, Sweden

    3 publications · 242 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. IC
    Ignazio Cabras

    Northumbria University, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 111 citations

    3

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  4. RN
    Reena Nair

    Tata Memorial Hospital, India

    3 publications · 80 citations

    3

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  5. MS
    Marco Sanfilippo

    University of Antwerp, Belgium

    3 publications · 252 citations

    3

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Institutions

231

  1. South China University of Technology

    Guangzhou, China

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    344 citations

  2. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    217 citations

  3. University of Bath

    Bath, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    284 citations

  4. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    822 citations

  5. Cardiff University

    Cardiff, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    168 citations

  6. Queen's University Belfast

    Belfast, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    63 citations

  7. University of Cumbria

    Carlisle, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    154 citations

  8. University of Twente

    Enschede, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    221 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 7 publications · 204 citations

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  2. Regional Studies

    6 publications · 414 citations

    6

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  3. The Extractive Industries and Society

    5 publications · 153 citations

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  4. World Development

    5 publications · 620 citations

    5

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  5. Urban Studies

    3 publications · 77 citations

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