Group purchasers must take new risks to achieve success.
In this article, Henderson shares his perceptions of the group purchasing market and the issues affecting groups and their negotiations with vendors, concentrating on vendors' reactions to changing market forces. He discusses where group purchasing is today and where it is going.
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