Purchasing in a multicultural world

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Since the 1980s, when geopolitical research workers refer to globalization, they often say, “Think globally, Act local.” More precisely, the term “glocal” was invented by the sociologist Roland Robertson. According to the latter and his associates, it means “the co-presence of both universalizing or particularizing tendencies and/or the co-presence of sameness and difference, and of homogenizing and heterogenizing trends in globalization”. Actually, “glocalization” expresses the simultaneity or coexistence of both the global and local interactions.

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[...] The price was easy to stress out since French charges are huge in Philippe's mind. In the end, to his eyes, the further you source the cheaper it is and the closer the costlier and more proactive the suppliers are. Eric also has a small team which is made of five people including him. He works with a French person who is based in Asia in Singapore. He deals with international customers except France. The latter is managed by Eric. The last three teammates are his assistants and the other manager is in Asia. [...]

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[...] He is also more eager to make concessions as long as no big issues are to occur. What is known as ‘Modern Slavery' can also bring such a bad supplier-buyer relationship as Federico experienced it at Amazon. One of his subcontractors was earning all the money from the temp agency and the temporary workers could not afford a decent life. Then, Federico contract terminated the contract. - Have you changed your behaviour with international suppliers since you started working? How did you adapt? [...]