Dynamic Alliance Auctions
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Paperback. Offers an introduction to the auction format known as 'Dynamic Alliance Auctions' which has been developed for Internet-based transportation marketplaces. After examining the landscape of Internet-based transportation marketplaces, this book identifies vital characteristics and needs of transportation business. Series: Contributions to Management Science. Num Pages: 150 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 31 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KNG; UDB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 530.
1.1 Motivation Today's transportation market is far from perfect. Market participants have admission only to a certain fraction of the market and price formation lacks transparency. However, this state is no law of nature since in principle, all market participants could manage to get together somehow and do business - but gaining new business partners beyond existing bonds usually takes too high efforts. After all, the items in transportation markets are usually traded under extreme time pressure: transportation orders have fixed pick-up and delivery deadlines and free transportation capacity cannot be used thereafter. Here, Internet-based freight markets promise help. Since ... Read more
1.1 Motivation Today's transportation market is far from perfect. Market participants have admission only to a certain fraction of the market and price formation lacks transparency. However, this state is no law of nature since in principle, all market participants could manage to get together somehow and do business - but gaining new business partners beyond existing bonds usually takes too high efforts. After all, the items in transportation markets are usually traded under extreme time pressure: transportation orders have fixed pick-up and delivery deadlines and free transportation capacity cannot be used thereafter. Here, Internet-based freight markets promise help. Since ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
Series
Contributions to Management Science
Number of Pages
150
Place of Publication
Heidelberg, Germany
ISBN
9783790800982
SKU
V9783790800982
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Ref
99-15
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