Purchasing business solution services: A review

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the literature currently available on purchasing integrated business-to-business services and solutions based on the method of systematic review. By thorough retrieval methods, an exhaustive sample of 34 relevant papers was compiled. The key research themes identified in the data set are buyer-supplier relationships, organizational buying behavior, the changing of business models, sustainability, and governance and contracts. The study concludes that a major gap exists in this field of research. Due to its high practical relevance, this domain provides ample research opportunities for both servitization and purchasing scholars.