[{"key":"dc.contributor.author","value":"Tang, Rong","language":null},{"key":"dc.date.accessioned","value":"2009-11-17T21:33:08Z","language":null},{"key":"dc.date.available","value":"2009-11-17T21:33:08Z","language":null},{"key":"dc.date.issued","value":"2004","language":null},{"key":"dc.identifier.uri","value":"http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2429\/15168","language":null},{"key":"dc.description.abstract","value":"With the growing popularity of B2B e-marketplaces, increasing numbers of\r\norganizations are endeavouring to utilize this medium in their business activities.\r\nHowever, the present knowledge regarding B2B e-marketplace adoption processes is still\r\nlimited. Therefore, the present study investigates circumstances under which\r\norganizations adopt B2B e-marketplaces. More specifically, it is primarily concerned\r\nwith the factors motivating an organization's participation in B2B e-marketplaces from\r\nthe purchasing manager's perspective, based on insights and observations obtained from\r\ntransaction cost economics. A single unified framework was developed based on\r\nprevious findings to investigate the emergence of efficiency motive within organizations,\r\nand to analyze the role of this motivation in organizational participation processes. A\r\nlarge-scale cross-sectional survey study targeted the membership of the Purchasing\r\nManagement Association of Canada (PMAC) was used for empirical validation of this\r\nframework. Partial Least Squares (PLS) analysis was chosen to test the measurement\r\nmodel and the conceptual model based on 466 usable responses obtained. The results\r\ndemonstrate that efficiency motive exerts a significant influence on intentions to adopt\r\nB2B e-marketplaces, and reveal three transaction characteristics that significantly\r\ncontribute to the formulation of efficiency motive: frequency uncertainty of demand,\r\nasset specificity, and market fragmentation.","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.format.extent","value":"5989850 bytes","language":null},{"key":"dc.format.mimetype","value":"application\/pdf","language":null},{"key":"dc.language.iso","value":"eng","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.publisher","value":"University of British Columbia","language":null},{"key":"dc.rights","value":"For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/terms_of_use.","language":null},{"key":"dc.title","value":"Emerging B2B electronic marketplaces : explaining organizational participation with transaction cost perspective","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.type","value":"Text","language":null},{"key":"dc.degree.name","value":"Master of Science - MSc","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.degree.discipline","value":"Business Administration - Management Information Systems","language":null},{"key":"dc.degree.grantor","value":"University of British Columbia","language":null},{"key":"dc.date.graduation","value":"2004-05","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.type.text","value":"Thesis\/Dissertation","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.description.affiliation","value":"Business, Sauder School of","language":null},{"key":"dc.description.affiliation","value":"Management Information Systems, Division of","language":null},{"key":"dc.degree.campus","value":"UBCV","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.description.scholarlevel","value":"Graduate","language":"en"}]