Online portals, where customers may purchase digital products, can be leveraged for economic advantage by telecommunication network operators. Many different business models, characterized by revenue flow and portal ownership, are possible. However, they may create different degrees of...

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...