E-public procurement: Which factors determine its acceptance by small- to medium-sized enterprises and large companies in Belgium?

The dematerialisation of public procurement (hereinafter e-procurement) is one of the most innovative public management initiatives in Europe today. However, according to European statistics, the acceptance of this new public procurement technology by private companies remains very limited. And despite the existence of an abundant literature dealing with the acceptance of technology, in the field of e-commerce for example, very few studies have addressed the field of e-procurement. The aim of this article is to analyse the latter by making a distinction between the acceptance determinants of e... Mehr ...