This study extends the previous research framework—the TOE (technological, organizational, and environmental perspectives) model of technological innovation—by using a revised model—the TOIM (technological, organizational, interorganizational, and marketplace perspectives) model. The study tests additional variables, including trust (interorganizational perspective), aggregation, and service qu...

Most of today’s e-marketplaces support a single negotiation protocol. The protocol is usually built into the e-marketplace infrastructure, therefore if a new protocol is introduced then a time consuming and complex process of implementing it takes place. Moreover, participants in the e-marketplace need to adapt their interfaces to the new protocol, especially if they make use of automated means...

We present an exploratory investigation of how managers conceptualize and perceive ‘marketplace’ variables in successful and unsuccessful New Product Development (NPD) projects, and explore the role that marketplace variables play in differentiating between successful and unsuccessful NPD outcomes. Limitations and future research directions are also discussed. Our findings indicate that manager...

This paper concerns itself with understanding the operation of financial markets using realistic assumptions. The expectations of economic agents generate prices in the marketplace. The generation of the expectations derives from the information available in the marketplace and the perceived economic needs of the agents. The revision of expectations occurs as new information is constantly enter...

Given that consumer free riding involves a relatively high level of interaction with the marketplace, it is likely that individuals’ attitudes toward consumer free riding are related to degree to which they feel alienated from the marketplace. Such a relationship was observed to exist. Through further examination, attitudes toward consumer free riding appear to originate from two of the three a...

The literature on electronic marketplaces has a number of limitations; inconsistencies in defining electronic marketplaces and measuring their performance; a limited amount of empirical research focusing on electronic marketplace performance; and the absence of an electronic marketplace performance model. This study examines 8 electronic marketplaces operating in diverse geographical and produc...

After a short definition of the basic aspects of electronic marketplaces and a focus on its topic, this paper introduces mySAP.com Marketplace, which is part of SAP’s line of products in mySAP.com, dealing with electronic marketplaces. To follow, the actual model is being developed and divided into 3 phases, major emphasis of the model can be found in phase 2. The following part of this paper a...

This paper presents UbiBay, a self-organizing distributed auction system using a mobile multihop ad-hoc network as its sole communication platform. In order to substantially increase the probability that negotiating peers successfully reach an agreement, communication is focused on a static geographic area, called the marketplace. Users are not constrained to be at the marketplace physically, b...

The process of joining an electronic marketplace (e-marketplace), and the evaluation of which particular ones offer the most suitable mix of services for a particular business, is not a straightforward undertaking. With a myriad of variants on offer, and with the numerous membership models, features, services, functionality, product types, and technology platforms in existence, it can prove to ...