Designing a Multilingual Auction Website for Selling Agricultural Products
The study aimed to identify the logical structure of
data and particularities of developing and testing a website designed
for selling farm products through online auctions.
The research is based on a short literature review in the field and
exploratory trials of some successful models from other industries, in
order to identify the advantages of using such tool, as well as the
optimal structure and functionality of an auction portal. In the last
part, the study focuses on the results of testing the website by the
potential beneficiaries.
Conclusions of the study underlines that the particularities of some
agricultural products could raise difficulties in the process of selling
them through online auctions, but the use of such system it is
perceived to bring significant improvements in the supply chain.
The results of scientific investigations require a more detailed
study regarding the importance of using quality standards for
agricultural products sold via online auction, the impact that
implementation of an online payment system could have on trade
with agricultural products and problems which could arise in using
the website in different countries.
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[1] Aida Opoku Mensah, et al, 2005 E-commerce challenges in Africa:
issues , constraints, opportunities, World Summit on the Information
Society, Tunis 2005 http://www.uneca.org/aisi/docs/ PolicyBriefs/Ecommerce%
20challenges%20in%20Africa.pdf (accessed June 15,
2012), p1-2
[2] Bejjani, G., 2000. Venture Capital Perspectives on the Ag.com Industry.
Presentation at Forum entitled :E-commerce: The Net Effect on
Agribusiness, Iowa, February 28, 2000
www.agforum.org/2000/home.html (accessed June 12, 2012).
[3] Diane H. Parente, Ray Venkataraman, John Fizel and Ido Millet, 2001.
B2B Online Reverse Auctions: What-s New? School of Business,
Pennsylvania State University - Erie, Decision Line, July 2001, Vol 32,
p.13
[4] Ecommerce Europe, 2012. PRESS RELEASE: European E-commerce to
reach over Ôé¼ 300 billion in 2012, http://www.ecommerceeurope.
eu/press/2012/12/european-e-commerce-to-reach-over-300-
billion-in-2012 (accessed June 12, 2012).
[5] Fu-Shan Liu, 2002 E-Commerce in Taiwan-s Agricultural Marketing,
Farmers' Service Department 37, Taipei, Taiwan ROC, 2002-11-01,
http://www.agnet.org/htmlarea_file/library/20110725174056/ eb525.pdf
, p. 6 (accessed June 12, 2012).
[6] GfK Romania, 2011. FMDS 2011, habits of using paying online services
by Romanian citizens in comparison with the other countries of Central
and Eastern Europe., Bucharest, 9 June 2011 http://www.gfk-ro.com/
public_ relations/press/multiple_pg/ 008143/ index.ro.html (accessed
June 12, 2012).
[7] Kym Anderson, 2010. Globalization's effects on world agricultural
trade, 1960-2050, published online August 16, 2010 doi:
10.1098/rstb.2010.0131 vol. 365 no. 1554 p. 3007,3019
[8] Myungsin Chae et al 2007. An Empirical Analysis of Fraud Detection in
Online Auctions: Credit Card Phantom Transaction, in proceeding of
40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
DOI:10. 1109/HICSS.2007.61, http://originwww.
computer.org/csdl/proceedings/hicss/2007/2755/00/ 27 55 0
155a.pdf (accessed June 14, 2012)
[9] Paul Wilson (EUROPEAN COMMISSION), 2000. An overview of
developments and prospects for e-commerce in the agricultural sector, p.
3, 9
[10] Rolf A. E. Mueller, 2001. E-Commerce and Entrepreneurship in
Agricultural Markets, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol.
83, No. 5, Proceedings Issue (No 5, December 2001), p. 1243
[11] United Nations, 2010, The Development Impact of Information
Technology in Trade Facilitation, A Study by the Asia-Pacific Research
and Training Network on Trade, United Nations, ISBN: 978-92-1-
120617-3, p.4
[12] Yan Zhuang, 2011. Analysis on E-Commerce Transaction Chain of
Agricultural Product, International Symposium on Information
Engineering and Electronic Commerce, 3rd (IEEC 2011), ISBN:
9780791859759, p.380
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data and particularities of developing and testing a website designed
for selling farm products through online auctions.
The research is based on a short literature review in the field and
exploratory trials of some successful models from other industries, in
order to identify the advantages of using such tool, as well as the
optimal structure and functionality of an auction portal. In the last
part, the study focuses on the results of testing the website by the
potential beneficiaries.
Conclusions of the study underlines that the particularities of some
agricultural products could raise difficulties in the process of selling
them through online auctions, but the use of such system it is
perceived to bring significant improvements in the supply chain.
The results of scientific investigations require a more detailed
study regarding the importance of using quality standards for
agricultural products sold via online auction, the impact that
implementation of an online payment system could have on trade
with agricultural products and problems which could arise in using
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