Information
Technology and Management Special Issue on
Online Auction Mechanisms
Deadline Extended:
Due to several requests the deadline for the special issue submission has been
extended to April 15
Note: The submissions made by the original due date of February 28 will still follow the original review schedule
Online auctions are now an
important component of the portfolio of mercantile processes that are
transforming the economy from traditionally hierarchical to market oriented
structures. In the absence of spatial, temporal and geographic constraints
these mechanisms provide many benefits to both buyers and sellers. It can be
contended that they are amongst the few market-structures that stand tall in
the e-commerce rubble.
A broad and deep body of
economics literature exists that investigates the theoretical properties of
traditional auctions. Most of the findings are either analytically or
experimentally derived. The proliferation of online auctions also presents a
unique opportunity to the interested researcher who can derive new insights by
collecting empirical data using automated data-collection agents, as well as
for field experimentation. This, along with significant differences in the cost
structures, to both buyers and sellers, participating in online auctions, has
resulted in a need to revisit much of the existing theory. Additionally, an exciting area of emerging
research has resulted from the generation of new auction designs that capitalize
on access to computing resources.
We invite work that is
well-versed with the existing body of literature, and critically, sheds new
light on the impact of the Internet on auction theory. This could be achieved
using a wide canvas of methodologies, namely analytical, experimental,
empirical, computational or any combination of these.
Deadline: All submissions must be received by Feb 28, 2002
Submission process: Please send papers four copies of the paper to the address of co-guest editor Prof. Joni Jones
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Prof. Alok Gupta University of Minnesota 3-365 Carlson School of Mgmt 321 - 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 |
Prof. Joni Jones Michael R. and Mary Kay Hallman Fellow and |
Prof. Ravi Bapna Dept. of
Operations & Information Management, U-41 IM, School of
Business Administration, University
of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269 |