Electronic reverse auction configuration and its impact on buyer price and supplier perceptions of opportunism: A laboratory experiment

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1035-1054

  Carter, Craig R ^a   Stevens, Cynthia Kay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

E commerce; Electronic reverse auctions; Laboratory experiments; Opportunism; Supply management

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

AUCTION PARAMETERS; ELECTRONIC REVERSE AUCTIONS; SUPPLY MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 34548024893     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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