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Virtual marketplaces: Building Management Information Systems for internet brokerage

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On the World Wide Web (WWW), an increasing number of new trading forms for brokerage of business transactions are emerging. Almost inevitably, central contactpoints on the WWW are being formed, so-called virtual marketplaces, where supply and demand meet. The organisation they require is carried out by a central operator, who offers his brokerage services on a business footing. The aim of this paper is the generation of practical components of a Management Information System (MIS) for such marketplaces that are only accessible online. To do this, the theoretical assumptions of virtual marketplaces are combined with a case study of a German internet-broker for used cars.

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Kollmann, T. Virtual marketplaces: Building Management Information Systems for internet brokerage. Virtual Reality 4, 275–290 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01421811

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