Unit of Analysis in Digitally-Enabled Electronic Procurement Research: A Literature Analysis

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Author(s): Md Mahbubur Rahim (Monash University, Australia), Maryam Jabberzadeh (Monash University, Australia)and Nergiz Ilhan (Monash University, Australia)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 21
Source title: Digital Innovations for Customer Engagement, Management, and Organizational Improvement
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Kamaljeet Sandhu (University of New England, Australia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-5171-4.ch005

Keywords: Business & Management / Business and Organizational Research / Business Science Reference / Consumer Management

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E-procurement systems that have been in place for over a decade have begun incorporating digital tools like big data, cloud computing, internet of things, and data mining. Hence, there exists a rich literature on earlier e-procurement systems and advanced digitally-enabled e-procurement systems. Existing literature on these systems addresses many research issues (e.g., adoption) associated with e-procurement. However, one critical issue that has so far received no rigorous attention is about “unit of analysis,” a methodological concern of importance, for e-procurement research context. Hence, the aim of this chapter is twofold: 1) to discuss how the notion of “unit of analysis” has been conceptualised in the e-procurement literature and 2) to discuss how its use has been justified by e-procurement scholars to address the research issues under investigation. Finally, the chapter provides several interesting findings and outlines future research directions.

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