E-procurement: From Brilliant Innovation to Common Cliché
D. Geller - April 7, 2000

Introduction

In 1998 researchers at the Haas School of Business of the University of California at Berkeley published an important study called 'Procurement in the Internet Age - Current Practices and Emerging Trends.' Essentially a survey of 80 technology-oriented companies, the paper proved to be a good guide to subsequent developments in E-procurement. It is a measure of how far we have come in less than two years that in their summary of 'interesting findings' the very first one listed is:..