Towards an e-Government efficiency agenda: The impact of information and communication behaviour on e-Reverse auctions in public sector procurement

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 178-191

  Hackney, Ray ^a   Jones, Steve ^b,c   Lösch, Andrea ^d  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Locum Occupational Therapist   (United Kingdom)

^c Geoffrey Manton Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auctions; Behaviour; e Government; Efficiency; Information; Reverse

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247629412     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000677     Document Type: Article

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