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The Role of Facilitating Conditions and Institutional Trust in Electronic Marketplaces

The Role of Facilitating Conditions and Institutional Trust in Electronic Marketplaces

Pauline Patnasingam, David Gefen, Paul A. Pavlou
Copyright: © 2005 |Volume: 3 |Issue: 3 |Pages: 14
ISSN: 1539-2937|EISSN: 1539-2929|ISSN: 1539-2937|EISBN13: 9781615205325|EISSN: 1539-2929|DOI: 10.4018/jeco.2005070105
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Patnasingam, Pauline, et al. "The Role of Facilitating Conditions and Institutional Trust in Electronic Marketplaces." JECO vol.3, no.3 2005: pp.69-82. http://doi.org/10.4018/jeco.2005070105

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Patnasingam, P., Gefen, D., & Pavlou, P. A. (2005). The Role of Facilitating Conditions and Institutional Trust in Electronic Marketplaces. Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations (JECO), 3(3), 69-82. http://doi.org/10.4018/jeco.2005070105

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Patnasingam, Pauline, David Gefen, and Paul A. Pavlou. "The Role of Facilitating Conditions and Institutional Trust in Electronic Marketplaces," Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations (JECO) 3, no.3: 69-82. http://doi.org/10.4018/jeco.2005070105

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Abstract

Given the uncertainties of e-business, this paper examines the role of institutional trust, which has been viewed as a key facilitator of electronic marketplaces (Pavlou, Tan, & Gefen 2003). In doing so, we draw upon the principles of research on traditional EDI via value-added-networks to develop a set of theory-driven institutional trust-building facilitating conditions; namely, (a) IT connectivity, (b) standards, (c) security, and (d) uniform product descriptions. This study has implications for (1) the nature and role of institutional trust in e-marketplaces, (2) the strategic design of trust-building mechanisms in e-marketplaces, and (3) an extension of the literature on institutional trust.

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