<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ute Reuter</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Implementation Prerequisites for Electronic Procurement of Services</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Technology Innovation Management Review</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">digitalization</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">electronic procurement</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">implementation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">improvement</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">process innovation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">procurement</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">purchasing</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">service management</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">service procurement</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2015</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">02/2015</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://timreview.ca/article/870</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Talent First Network</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ottawa</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">15-23</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Service procurement is a business function of increasing importance and is highly suitable for integration of electronic support, but it suffers from severe research deficits. As yet, implementation prerequisites for electronic procurement of services are obscure and not quantifiable. In this research project, organization, formalization, and specialization of procurement and standardization and strategic importance of the procured services are identified as relevant implementation prerequisites. Measurement models for these prerequisites are established and proven through quantitative empirical research. As such, this article is a major step towards a more rigorous investigation of electronic procurement of services.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">VWA-University of Extra-Occupational Studies
Ute Reuter is Professor of Business Economics, specializing in company management, human resource management, and organization, at VWA-University of Extra-Occupational Studies in Stuttgart, Germany. She holds a doctoral degree from Stuttgart University, Germany, and two diploma degrees: one in Business Economics from Hohenheim University, Germany, and one in Administrative Studies from the Federal University of Business Administration in Bonn, Germany. She researches in the areas of innovation, procurement, service management, digitalization, and company management and is especially interested in topics interlinking these different research areas.</style></custom1></record></records></xml>