Factors of public e-procurement adoption: an exploratory field study with french practitioners

Younès Boughzala, Inès Bouzid and Imed Boughzala ()
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Younès Boughzala: IREGE - Institut de Recherche en Gestion et en Economie - USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] - Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Inès Bouzid: Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres
Imed Boughzala: IMT-BS - DSI - Département Systèmes d'Information - TEM - Télécom Ecole de Management - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] - IMT-BS - Institut Mines-Télécom Business School - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris]

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Abstract: Eight years after its legal introduction, public e-procurement in France is undeniably progressing, but its adoption remains relatively limited. Its deployment and use in French public organizations is still very tentative compare to the initial ambitions of political decision makers and compared to its level of deployment in the private sector, and even more in other countries around the world. The goal of this exploratory study is to identify the factors that, according to practitioners, determine the adoption and use of public e-procurement in France. The analysis focuses on twenty-seven nondirected interviews with public purchasers and managers working for bidder companies on public contracts. The used research method was a content analysis. The results enabled an assessment of different factors influencing the adoption behavior of public e-procurement and also identified the trust construct as one important factor. This factor has four facets—self-trust, trust in technology, trust in partners, and trust in organization—and seems prominent when analyzing the adoption behavior, particularly for trust in technology according to practitioners.

Keywords: Information technology; Trust; Adoption; E-procurement; Public purchasing; Information system; E-government; Content analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-12
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Published in Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal, 2012, Special issue AIM 2012: Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, 13 (3), pp.56 - 68. ⟨10.1080/16258312.2012.11517298⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/16258312.2012.11517298

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