Introduction to the Special Issue on E-Auctions for Procurement Operations
Martin Bichler, Richard Steinberg
Production and Operations Management · 2007 · Volume 16 · Issue 4
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2007.tb00267.x
Abstract
We present nine papers on e-auctions for procurement operations. The first of the issue's three sections is a foreword highlighting current trends and future research directions. The second section is composed of three commissioned survey papers, covering auctions within e-sourcing events, electronic markets for truckload transportation, and games and mechanism design in machine scheduling. The final section consists of five research papers on the following topics: whether auction parameters affect buyer surplus in e-auctions for procurement, collusion in second-price auctions under minimax regret, the effect of timing on jump bidding in ascending auctions, market-based allocation with indivisible bids, and ranked items auctions and online advertisement.
Keywords
procurement operations, auctions, electronic markets, mechanism design
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