This research shows that auction duration and description are two essential auction design parameters that function as screening mechanisms for bidder quality on popular online outsourcing platforms that use buyer-determined reverse auctions in order to find service providers. Using data from a...

Online labor markets, two-sided platforms that match buyers with freelancers for IT services, have become increasingly important for sourcing labor and creating jobs around the globe. However, matching buyers and freelancers is challenging, largely because of the difficulty in pricing...

The Internet has presumably created a level playing field that allows any service provider across the globe to compete for contracts on online outsourcing platforms for IT services. In this paper, we empirically examine (a) how country (language, time zone, cultural) differences and the...