Operant behavior is typically organized into sequences of responses that eventually lead to a reinforcer. Response elements can be categorized as those that directly lead to reward consumption (i.e., a consumption response) and those that lead to the opportunity to make the consumption response (i.e., a procurement response). These responses often differ topographically and in terms of the disc...

Industrial buyers who seek to procure inputs have the option of contracting the process out to procurement intermediaries. Many of these intermediaries now operate using Internet-based software to enhance the efficiency of their services. We develop a theoretical model of a buyer who wishes to procure an input from one of many differentiated suppliers. The buyer chooses between conducting the p...

The use of quality models in software package procurement provides a framework for the description of the domain which the package belongs to. Package descriptions and user quality requirements may be translated into the quality concepts defined in the model making package procurement more efficient and reliable. In this paper we address the construction of quality models for complex software d...

Today, organizations are investing a lot in their IT infrastructure and reengineering their business processes by digitizing firms. If organizational employees will not optimum utilize its IT infrastructure, the productivity gain reduced enormously. In Uttarakhand e-procurement system implemented by public sector under e-governance integrated mission mode projects. So, there is need to find the...

The burgeoning HIV/AIDS epidemic means that more labor and financial resources are being dedicated to the procurement of antiretroviral (ARV) medicines for treatment. While patients, physicians, national governments and development partners are eager to see treatment programs expanded, rapid scaleup often results in circumstances whereby resources have to be spent quickly, and sometimes resourc...

In addressing the issue of value derived from Web-enabled direct procurement, this study attempts to investigate the impact of Web-based direct procurement systems on intraand inter-organizational process integration capabilities and organizational performance. A sample of 131 manufacturing firms with experience participating in government-subsidized e-business development projects is surveyed,...

This paper explores the business issues affecting the level of implementation of e-procurement in small and medium size enterprises (SME’s). It uses empirical research from 750 organisations to suggest that issues of leadership and waste management are of greater importance to SME’s than development of e-procurement capability to secure competitive advantage. A major barrier is that of people. ...

An increasing number of organizations in the public sector are beginning to adopt e-procurement, which its benefits (e.g., to reduce costs through increased efficiency in the procurement function) are well known by businesses. The purpose of this paper is to assess the implementation of eprocurement concept within Swedish government authorities during 2001 and 2008. A qualitative research appro...

Common sense and occasional innovations have hitherto failed to fuel more than incremental improvements in construction procurement systems. Even the bolder initiatives have not yet unleashed promised productivity gains which have been allegedly restrained by adversarial and otherwise inappropriate procurement systems. Both (a) the present proliferation of procurement options; and (b) the scatt...

This paper analyses public e-procurement implementation and emphasizes its main difficulties and impacts in relation to the type of public organizations. The primary impacts and changes in the Portuguese public sector are analyzed within the new legal framework, which adopts mandatory e-procurement for any open, restricted or negotiated procedure. In this sense, two surveys carried out in conse...