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Sources and Mitigating Factors of Perceived Risk in the e-Marketplace

e-마켓플레이스에서의 인지된 위험의 원천과 완화 요인

  • 이상윤 (한국과학기술원 테크노경영대학원) ;
  • 김명수 (SK 경영경제연구소) ;
  • 이동후 ((주)KTF 단말연구소) ;
  • 안재현 (한국과학기술원 테크노경영대학원) ;
  • 이동주 (한성대학교 경영학부)
  • Published : 2007.08.31
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Abstract

The e-marketplace is a virtual marketplace where buyers and sellers meet in order to conduct transactions through the intermediation of market-makers. For the success of an e-marketplace, it is crucial for the market-maker to induce both buyers and sellers to make active transactions in it. However, their participation is frequently deterred by potential risk factors caused mainly by the inherent, structural complexity of the e-marketplace. Therefore, it is a critical challenge for the market-maker to identify and manage the transactional risk perceived by both the buyers and sellers. In this paper, we investigate the sources of buyers' and sellers' perceived risks and their mitigating factors in the e-marketplace. Specifically, we derive an analysis framework based on the economic theory of agency relationship. The framework includes four sources of the risks(perceived information asymmetry, fears of seller opportunism, fears of buyer opportunism, and concerns about market-maker's role incompleteness) and five mitigators of the risks(website informativeness, trust in market-maker, trust in seller, product diagnosticity, and social presence). Then, we empirically verify the framework through a case study on four successful e-marketplaces, and provide implications and strategies for the market-maker to effectively manage the transactional risks.

e-마켓플레이스는 시장 형성자가 다수의 판매자들과 구매자들을 모아 거래가 이루어지도록 중개 역할을 한 후 일정 수수료를 제공 받는 온라인 비즈니스 모델이다. e-마켓플레이스의 성공을 위해서 시장 형성자는 많은 수의 구매자와 판매자의 참여를 동시에 유도하는 것이 필요한데, e-마켓플레이스의 구조적 복잡성으로 인한 다양한 잠재적 위험 요인들은 거래 참여의 장애 요소로 작용한다. 따라서 거래에 있어 판매자와 구매자가 인지하는 위험 요인에 대한 효과적인 대응은 시장 형성자가 수행해야 할 필수적 과제가 된다. 본 연구에서는 e-마켓플레이스에서의 판매자와 구매자가 인지하는 위험의 원천 및 그 완화 요인에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 이를 위하여, 온라인 거래에서 구매자가 갖는 인지된 위험에 관한 연구와 경제학의 대리인 관계 이론을 활용하여 e-마켓플레이스에서의 거래에 있어서 구매자와 판매자가 느끼는 위험의 원천과 완화 요인들을 분석하기 위한 프레임워크를 도출하였다. 위험의 원천으로는 인지된 정보 비대칭과 판매자 기회주의에 대한 우려, 구매자 기회주의에 대한 우려, 시장 형성자 역할 불완전성에 대한 우려가 도출되었다. 그리고 위험 완화 요인으로는 웹사이트 정보성, 시장 형성자에 대한 신뢰, 판매자에 대한 신뢰, 상품 진단성, 사회적 존재감이 도출되었다. 이를 바탕으로, 현재까지 성공적으로 성장한 e-마켓플레이스들에 대한 사례 분석을 통하여 프레임워크를 검증하고, 시장 형성자가 취할 수 있는 위험 완화 전략들에 대한 구체적 방안과 시사점을 제시하였다.

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