Leverantörsvalets kriterier i SME : I en bytesekonomisk kontext

Sammanfattning: The European economy today is built on small and medium sized enterprises (SME’s) and SME’s recieve a lot more attention in the litterature now. Even though SME’s have earned more attention in the litterature there is a significant lack of information regarding purchasing and supplier selection in these companies’. This report aims to create bigger understanding of SME’s and their purchasing by showing how seven swedish SME’s select their suppliers. The report also try to create understanding regarding the trade economy, that is believed to exist in the certain region where the companies’ in the study are located and in what way this trade economy effects the supplier selection decision in the different SME’s included in the study.