The paper reports empirical evidence of diverse organizational factors determin- ing the implementation of Just-in Time (JIT) purchasing practices. A theoretical framework distinguishing basically between operational practices, inherent in JIT environments, and complementary practices, characteristic of partnership sour- cing arrangements, is proposed and used to test the relevance of a number of variables related to the interacting organizations over a sample of 152 Spanish auto components manufactures.
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