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Negotiation outcomes: the impact of the initial offer, time, gender, and team size.

International Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management

| September 22, 1995 | Min, Hokey; LaTour, Michael S.; Jones, Michael A. | COPYRIGHT 1995 National Association of Purchasing Management, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

BACKGROUND

Purchasing negotiation is the art of arriving at a mutual agreement with suppliers by means of bargaining on the essentials of a purchasing contract, such as specifications, quality assurance, price, payment terms, and delivery schedules.[1] As such, the effectiveness of purchasing negotiation depends largely on a buyer's ability to establish bargaining strength. The buyer's bargaining power, however, cannot be strengthened without knowing exactly what negotiation latitude he or she has to work with - and which variables constitute the basis of that latitude. Examples of those variables include the extent of competition, adequacy of cost/price analysis, ...

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