E-Marketplaces: Taxonomy of the New Collaborative Information Platform

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Author(s): Kayvan Miri Lavassani (Carleton University, Canada), Bahar Miri Movahedi (Carleton University, Canada)and Vinod Kumar (Carleton University, Canada)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 18
Source title: E-Novation for Competitive Advantage in Collaborative Globalization: Technologies for Emerging E-Business Strategies
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Hugh M. Pattinson (University of Western Sydney, Australia)and David R. Low (University of Western Sydney, Australia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-394-4.ch002

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Science Reference / E-Business / Entrepreneurship & Innovation

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This chapter provides a review of the historical evolution and development in the field of Electronic Marketplaces (EMs) and explores the classifications of EMs. The authors employ a systematic approach to propose a comprehensive definition of EMs and their application with reference to recent advances in the study of EMs. Based on the review of the most cited definitions of EM in the literature of the past three decades, we propose a comprehensive definition of EM in this chapter. This chapter also identifies several classifications of EMs. There is a gap in the literature for a multi-dimensional classification system of EMs. Therefore, for the purpose of further exploration of the notion of EMs, this chapter provides an explicit review of the different classification models of EMs and presents a nine-dimensional taxonomy of EMs. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the future trends in the field of EMs and a chapter summary.

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