RFQ auctions with supplier qualification screening

Operations Research

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 934-949

  Wan, Zhixi ^a   Beil, Damian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bidding auctions; Mechanism design; Procurement; Supplier qualification; Supplier screening

Indexed keywords

BIDDING/AUCTIONS; MECHANISM DESIGN; PROCUREMENT; SUPPLIER QUALIFICATION; SUPPLIER SCREENING;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; MANUFACTURE;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 67649987507     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: 15265463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.1080.0657     Document Type: Article

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