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Received: 2025-01-11  |  Accepted: 2025-03-31  |  Published: 2025-06-30

Title

Procurement VS inbound logistics: a case study of Czech companies


Abstract

The main aim of this paper was to establish the link between the importance of procurement and inbound logistics, investment in these areas and the economic impact during the recession. The research question was answered by testing seven hypotheses that focused on the interrelationship between procurement and inbound logistics on issues of perceived importance, investment, and the impact of economic results on this relationship. The parametric two-sample one-factor ANOVA was used to test the hypotheses. The correlation between the change in the importance of procurement and inbound logistics was most confirmed for micro-service firms. The shift in importance during the recession affected investment only in procurement, not in inbound logistics processes. A stronger link between the change in the importance of procurement and the change in the importance of inbound logistics was observed for profitable enterprises. The limitations of the research include, for example, geographical limitations (the research focuses on companies in the Czech Republic) and time limitations (i.e., the study focuses exclusively on a short-term (1 year) observation period).


Keywords

value chain, primary and support processes, measuring efficiency, procurement, inbound logistics


JEL classifications

M10 , M21


URI

http://jssidoi.org/jesi/article/1300


DOI


Pages

74-86


Funding

This paper has been prepared with the support of the VSTE Institute of Corporate Strategy, Department of Management. Article ID: IDUPS24017.

This is an open access issue and all published articles are licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Authors

Chytilová, Ekaterina
Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic https://www.vstecb.cz
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Straková, Jarmila
Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic https://www.vstecb.cz
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Journal title

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues

Volume

12


Number

4


Issue date

June 2025


Issue DOI


ISSN

ISSN 2345-0282 (online)


Publisher

VšĮ Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, Vilnius, Lithuania

Cited

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