Internet-based electronic markets facilitate buyer search for seller offerings and comparison of products on the basis of price and product features. Search engine capabilities such as Recall, Precision and Ranking Accuracy determine the efficiency with which buyers can search for and compare...

Apart from reducing buyer search costs, web-based commerce has also enabled the use ofintelligent agent technologies that reduce seller search costs by targeting buyers, customizing,and pricing products in real-time. Our model of an electronic market with customizable productsanalyzes the...

The term quot;24-Hour Knowledge Factoryquot; connotes a geographically dispersed team of workers in which members of the team are able to work on specific endeavors on a round-the-clock basis. A professional could work in the US on a standard 9 am to 5 pm basis. At the end of his or her workday,...