“…These areas aim to capture the essence of the plethora of interrelated concepts residing within this literature, and, by doing so, the areas support the analysis of this thesis by providing themes and suggestions for preestablished concepts to structure the analysis around. Attention is given to how the surrounding context influences procurement (see Iyer 1996, Masi, Micheli et al 2013, how firms choose to organize around the procurement task (Buckles and Ronchetto 1996, Giunipero and Monczka 1997, Bals and Turkulainen 2017, Yang, Cheng et al 2017, and what activities are engaged in to succeed at this task (Cardozo 1983, Kotteaku, Laios et al 1995, Iyer 1996, Ellström and Hoshi Larsson 2017. These three areas resemble the distinctions made in marketing literature by, among others, Wind and Thomas (1980) (Buying center, Buying decision process, Factors affecting buying center & buying process) and Johnston and Lewin (1996) (different external and internal characteristics and organizational buying behavior, including negotiations and decisions).…”