Priceline Asia To Launch By Year End
News US-based reverse auction site Priceline.com is planning to roll out its services in Asia by year end through its Hong Kong-based joint venture. According to a Hutchison-Pricline spokesperson, its business in Asia will offer similar reverse auction...
[August 10, 2001, 17:26]
Startup Spotlight: Ybag.com
News Under this "reverse auction" model, Ybag retailers theoretically reply to the buyer's own personal Ybag (an anonymous mailbox system) within a few hours, allowing the consumer to decide whether to make their purchase online, over the phone or in...
[May 26, 2000, 16:13]
Strategic Sourcing Through Private E-Marketplaces
White Papers E-procurement systems and reverse auction-based services have proved the validity of applying technology to purchasing and sourcing. Business leaders continually evaluate new methods to improve the profitability of their companies.
[August 14, 2003, 16:19]
Auctioning
Talkback I wish everyone was using reverse auction sites (such as http://www.oltiby.com ) in order to lower the prices instead of the oposite. this will deffinately give a boost to one company. I not sure how much it will reflect the spike in prices, but it...
[December 26, 2006, 1:30]
An Auction Algorithm For Procuring Wireless Channel In A Heterogenous Wireless Network
White Papers To solve the problem of wireless user, the paper proposes a REVerse OPTimal (REVOPT) auction. This paper develops an auction algorithm for procuring wireless channel by a wireless node in a heterogeneous wireless network and assumes that the...
[May 17, 2006, 0:00]
IT Auction Site Is Ace For Buyers
White Papers Because a buyer puts out a request for quotes, which he then receives from the supplier members of the site, Acequote.com is known as a reverse auction IT exchange. Acequote.com is an online business-to-business market place where buyers and...
[December 5, 2003, 23:00]
Building Business-to-Business Applications
White Papers For example, request for quotes (RFQs) enable businesses to solicit the best prices for items they want to buy using a reverse auction process. This paper describes how to build business-to-business applications with Java technology and XML.
[August 14, 2003, 16:19]
Schwartz Maintains Patent Commitment
News An area of contention has been business method patents such as Priceline's reverse auction on the Internet. Sun Microsystems President Jonathan Schwartz, who speaks often of innovation in sales methods and not just technology, is seeking a patent...
[October 1, 2004, 9:20]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Or perhaps in reverse: "4 Sale - income tax from £35k salary. What if we all promptly take the things we've bought on eBay and stick them back up for auction? Monday 15/8/2005 I am mystified by economics.
[August 19, 2005, 18:45]
EU Delays Vote On 'Euro-DMCA'
News Critics say that large multinationals would be the biggest beneficiaries of the directive, because of its ban on reverse engineering, while street buskers and book readers for the blind would be criminalised.
[September 11, 2003, 17:20]
UK Defies US On Software Patents
News Other companies that have filed controversial patents in the US include Priceline.com, which holds a patent for its "name your own price" reverse auction procedure. The British government has announced that it will oppose changes to European law...
[March 12, 2001, 11:47]
Qualcomm 3G Phone Ban To Take Effect
News The report also estimated up to $1.4bn in lost revenue for the US Treasury in connection with the upcoming 700MHz spectrum auction. President Bush's administration said on Monday that it would not veto a decision handed down in June by the...
[August 7, 2007, 10:52]
