Abstract

This article approaches the industrial buyer's vendor selection decision process as one of problem solving in the face of probabilistic outcomes, i.e., risk. The findings of the national experiment reported here suggest that methods of handling risk in vendor selection decisions are mediated by loyalty to current vendors and by the way the industrial buyer perceives or frames the decision problem.

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