procurement (E-procurement) has been widely embraced even by governments seeking administrative efficiency and cost reduction … techniques that were originally experienced in the private sector. The purpose of this paper is to understand the E-procurement … praxis (practice) and its usage in Government organizations (E-Government Procurement). Case studies of three government …

/value – No published studies have investigated the diffusion of online reverse auctions for B2B procurement, or explored …

recent popularity of new technologies such as those supporting Business-to-Business (B2B) e-procurement, many have begun to … that such improved effectiveness might have on the ability of a firm to take advantage of B2B e-procurement technologies …. An investigation of 61 B2B success cases reveals that the extent to which firms witness savings through such procurement …

also commonly held that the adoption of e-procurement solutions can be effective in pursuing such an objective. To this end …, we analyze the transactions completed in the period 2004-2007 through the Italian Government's e-procurement platform …, that is, the marketplace managed by the Italian Public Procurement Agency (Consip S.p.A.). Although descriptive statistics …