Mechanism design for e-procurement auctions: On the efficacy of post-auction negotiation and quality effort incentives

Electronic Commerce Research and Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 650-672

  Huang, He ^a   Kauffman, Robert J ^b   Xu, Hongyan ^a   Zhao, Lan ^c  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Auctions; Bonuses; Buyers; Economic modeling; Incentives; Information asymmetries; Mechanism design; Negotiation; Procurement; Supplier selection; Supply quality; Unobservable quality

Indexed keywords

AUCTIONS; BONUSES; BUYERS; ECONOMIC MODELING; INCENTIVES; INFORMATION ASYMMETRY; MECHANISM DESIGN; NEGOTIATION; PROCUREMENT; SUPPLIER SELECTION; SUPPLY QUALITY; UNOBSERVABLE;

COMMERCE; COSTS; MACHINE DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SUPPLY CHAINS;

SALES;

EID: 80855152707     PISSN: 15674223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elerap.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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