Title: Efficient Design of Commercial Websites
for E-Procurement
Abstract: The World
Wide Web has emerged as a promising medium for electronic commerce and thousands
of organizations have set up commercial websites to do business over Internet.
In this context, providing guidelines for deploying efficient commercial
websites can be advantageous for these organizations. The present Data
Envelopment Analysis (DEA)-based research investigates the functional requirements
that help optimize the design of commercial websites used for electronic
procurement (e-procurement). The data were collected from 88 corporate
buyers from over 85 organizations operating in a wide range of industries
and using the World Wide Web to support the procurement process. The
results suggest that adding advanced functionalities to informational websites
reduces their efficiency.
Author: Zijiang Yang and Younes Benslimane