Formation of inter-organizational cooperation network to vertical e-marketplace development

Abstract

Nowadays, vertical e-marketplace projects are coordinated by companies of the same economic sector, sometimes competitors, which get together to increase the competitiveness of the sector. In this context, this paper analyzes determinant factors for cooperation in e-marketplace development and their effects on asymmetric information between buyers and sellers. Finally, a case study in the civil construction sector is presented, where a few huge Brazilian construction companies have proposed to share costs and risks to e-marketplace development.

Cooperation network; E-commerce; Asymmetric information; Civil construction