The implementation of an E-reverse auction system in an italian health care organization¹

Abstract

E-Procurement (EP) can be defined as using the Internet in the purchasing process (de Boer, Harink & Heijboer, 2002). This paper focuses on the EP implementation process. Such process is defined as the way new technologies are absorbed by organizations and become part of their routines (Capaldo, Raffa & Zollo, 1994; Leonard-Barton, 1988; Leonard & Spring, 2002). This paper illustrates the preliminary results of an explorative study focused on the implementation process of an e-procurement system in the Italian-public-health-care system. Drawing on the ICT implementation process literature, this research aims at contributing to the identification of a set of conditions under which different EP forms appear appropriate in different purchasing and organizational settings (Min & Galle, 1999; Emiliani, 2000).

Citation

Raffa, L. and Esposito, G. (2006), "The implementation of an E-reverse auction system in an italian health care organization¹", Journal of Public Procurement, Vol. 6 No. 1/2, pp. 46-69. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOPP-06-01-02-2006-B003