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 paper examines how buyers control their suppliers in asymmetric interfirm transactional relationships. The conceptual framework is based on two perspectives –Transaction Cost Economics and Relational Exchange View. The empirical research analyses three case studies of buyer firms: one in...

This article presents the main results of quantitative studies about trust in interfirm relationships. The authors distinguish the studies on their research object (analysis of the antecedents and consequences of trust) and on the analysis level (the partner, the dyad, the exchange). The...