The Internet-driven electronic marketplace (IEMP) has been presented as a way to enhance collaboration between buyers and suppliers while generating significant advantages for both parties. Nevertheless, the introduction of Online Reverse Auctions (ORA) in the negotiation process has been...

This research explores the effect of the introduction of online reverse auctions (ORAs) on interorganizational trust between buyers and suppliers in the retail industry. Building upon the notion of the spirit of the technology and the organizing vision, we shed light on the "equivoque" nature of...

This research explores the effect of the introduction of online reverse auctions (ORAs) on interorganizational trust between buyers and suppliers in the retail industry. Building upon the notion of the spirit of the technology and the organizing vision, we shed light on the "equivoque" nature of...

La phase de post-adoption est critique pour comprendre la réalisation des objectifs escomptés de l’adoption et l’usage des systèmes d’information. Toutefois, la majorité des recherches qui analysent la phase de post-adoption des systèmes d’information se sont concentrées sur les...

Given the serious concern of the rising levels of Unethical Information Technology Use (UITU), this research aims at exploring the extent to which legal intervention can deal with UITU. To explore the topic, we borrowed the lenses of the Rational Choice Theory (RCT) from the criminology...

The article explores how actors interpret and deal with the unethical use of new technology in an online environment, such as online reverse auctions (ORA). The interpretation subtleties of technology initiators, buyers and suppliers are presented through interviews. Unethical behaviors...

Studies of information systems1 have largely neglected, despite their great importance, such relevant information technologies as B2B online reverse auctions (ORAs).2 In an attempt to make up for this neglect, we provide an empirical application of the extent to which the IS discipline has the...