Business-to-business online reverse auctions: A literature review and a call for research

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 498-520

  Sehwail, Loay M ^a   Ingalls, Ricki G ^b   Pratt, David B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

B2B; Business to Business; E procurement; E supply chain management; electronic auctions; Reverse auctions

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749136635     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2008.017432     Document Type: Review

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