Working demonstration tool

Group purchasing by people and organisations

Neighbours, families, employees and organisations can combine demand for goods and services to negotiate better terms with suppliers.

A business can arrange production procurement and also help its employees voluntarily purchase goods and services they need on agreed terms.

What we investigate: How to combine participants’ demand and organisational capabilities, agree interconnected commitments, distribute benefits and costs, and improve purchasing rules through experience.

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Problem

Neighbours, families, employees and organisations can combine demand for goods and services to negotiate better terms with suppliers.

Mechanism

How to combine participants’ demand and organisational capabilities, agree interconnected commitments, distribute benefits and costs, and improve purchasing rules through experience.

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Research hypothesis

ObliNet’s advantages remain to be established experimentally. Outcomes must be compared with ordinary purchasing arrangements, with all costs included and no improvement, deterioration or inconclusive results also recorded.

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