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Understanding the role of marketing-purchasing collaboration in industrial markets: The case of Russia

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>31/01/2011
<mark>Journal</mark>Industrial Marketing Management
Issue number1
Volume40
Number of pages11
Pages (from-to)54-64
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date18/10/10
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the role of interfunctional collaboration between marketing and purchasing functions in industrial companies. Interfunctional collaboration is considered as a measure of the internal alignment and partnership between departments in the firm, which in turn contributes to the creation of sustainable advantages via improved external partnerships and facilitating demand chain integration. We test the impact of customer orientation as well as the interactions between departments (specifically marketing and purchasing) as collaboration antecedents, and analyze the direct impact of marketing-purchasing collaboration on business performance. The model is tested on a sample of 148 industrial companies in Russia with two key respondents in each firm, incorporating the purchasing as well as the marketing perspective. The results show that marketing-purchasing collaboration mediates the effects of interfunctional interaction as well as customer orientation on business performance. Alternative model testing shows that the direct effects of these antecedent constructs on performance are non-significant in the context of Russian industrial companies.