GENERALISATIONS FROM A CROSS‐NATIONAL STUDY OF THE INDUSTRIAL BUYING PROCESS
- 1 April 1985
- journal article
- Published by Emerald Publishing in International Marketing Review
- Vol. 2 (4) , 64-74
- https://doi.org/10.1108/eb008293
Abstract
This article focuses on one key aspect of industrial buying behaviour, namely the buying process itself. Using a common questionnaire, a large sample of respondents in Australia, Canada, the UK and the US were interviewed by mail from two sectors, the paper and pulp and chemical and allied products industries. The similarity of results between the different industries and the countries — as well as similarities between this and previous surveys in the UK and US — allows generalisations to be made about the respective involvement of corporate departments in the purchase process for equipment, materials and components.Keywords
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