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Developing Competitive Advantage

Abstract According to the study findings, international sourcing is being used to close the gap between the strategic posture of the firm and its efforts to integrate its process to implement this strategy. In other words, international sourcing is a powerful tool to enhance the firm's international competitive advantage. Two groups of companies were analyzed. The first group used international sourcing as a strategic tool and the second did not. Study findings indicate that the strategic group had a more complex and far reaching international sourcing activity than the non-strategic group. The strategic group was more satisfied with their international sourcing activity than the non-strategic group.