Online reverse auctions and the dynamics of trust

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 175-197

  Charki, Mohamed Hédi ^a   Josserand, Emmanuel ^b  

^a EDHEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Distrust; Online reverse auctions; Online trust; Opportunism; Rumor; Trust; Unethical behavior

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONLINE SEARCHING;

ONLINE REVERSE AUCTIONS; ONLINE TRUST; RETAIL INDUSTRY;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 44249095130     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222240407     Document Type: Article

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