Determinants of reverse auction results: An empirical examination of Freelancer.com

19th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Scholz, Michael ^a   Haas, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PASSAU   (Germany)

Author keywords

Freelancer; Reputation; Reverse auction; Transaction cost

Indexed keywords

AUCTION MECHANISMS; DERIVE FACTOR; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION; FREELANCER; REPUTATION; REVERSE AUCTION; TRANSACTION COST; TRANSACTION-COST THEORY;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; GOLD; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 84870649871     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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