Antecedents and Outcomes of E-Procurement Adoption: An Integrative Model

Promises and Pitfalls of Using Social Media in Public E-procurement: an Appraisal

“…In contrast, Mccue & Roman, (2012) adopt a process oriented view and define e-procurement to be an automated purchasing process employing webenabled information technologies. In agreement with the process oriented view, Wu, Zsidisin, & Ross, (2007) conceptualise e-procurement as managing the information flow between an organisation and its suppliers while obtaining materials. Tatsis et al (2006, p.63) further extend the process oriented notion of e-procurement and describe it as, ''the integration, management, automation, optimization and enablement of an organisation's procurement process, using electronic tools and technologies, and web-based applications''.…”

Estimating the Benefits and Risks of Implementing E-Procurement

“…This paper analyzes its value at the level of the business process. The analysis of the intermediate outcome of e-procurement can shed more light on the efficiency of the process than financial outcome measures, such as return on assets or return on investment [3]. This is vital since so far there has been only limited effort to conceptualize the key constructs that characterize procurement as a process [12].…”

“…This is questionable since there is little consensus on how to gauge the value of technology-enabled procurement processes [3]. The range of these estimations is too large to be used in a practical setting and organization-level factors, such as spend characteristics/portfolio and internal sourcing competency, significantly affect the level of savings [31].…”

“…The structure of buying centers tends to flatten and fewer levels of management actively engage in each activity [34]. E-procurement can lead to long-term efficiency gains by fundamentally changing the coordination mechanics and transaction practices [3]. A typical example is the automatization of the approval process of senior managers by preauthorizing operating personnel [34].…”

“…In recent years, organizations have adopted management practices and technologies designed to reduce transaction costs (TCs) [1], which includes the automation of P2P process. E-procurement is the use of electronic means (the Internet, Web, e-mail) to enable purchases of products and services over the Internet [2], [3]. It is believed that, in addition to a decrease in costs, e-procurement also eliminates paperwork, improves data accuracy, collaboration, and transparency of the process when reducing inventory levels and lead times [4], [5].…”