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Procurement is an area of public sector administration characterised by considerable costs and inefficiency where the adoption of innovative technologies, such as e\u2010markets, can be deployed to effect significant costs savings. However, there are many barriers to the adoption of such technologies. The purpose of this paper is to explore and expound the factors that impede local authorities from adopting e\u2010markets and to present a learning opportunity for procurement managers and other stakeholders involved in technology adoption in local government and the wider public sector.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>A case study based on in depth interviews with 17 senior level executives in e\u2010markets and local authorities on barriers to e\u2010market adoption in the local government sector is presented. The interviews were transcribed and subsequently coded and analysed using the qualitative data analysis software QSR N6.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>A number of factors (risk perception, knowledge deficits, trust, firm size, and organisational readiness) pertaining to Johnson's framework of e\u2010market adoption barriers were found to affect e\u2010market adoption and use in the local government sector. Importantly, the study also found factors that are idiosyncratic to the sector that impinged on e\u2010market adoption.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Research limitations\/implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>The scope of the study is limited to examining such barriers from a buy\u2010side local authority perspective, the findings of which may have implications for the adoption of e\u2010markets and other e\u2010procurement technologies in the wider public sector and beyond. The paper also makes a contribution to the literature on e\u2010market adoption by adding to the body of knowledge relating to institutional theory.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Practical implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>The case study can help local authority and other public sector procurement managers, academic researchers, practitioners, consultants and other professionals involved in technology adoption better understand, and find practical ways to offset, the barriers that impinge on the adoption of e\u2010markets and other innovative technologies that can reduce costs within public sector organisations.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>E\u2010market adoption has the potential to realise a number of significant cost saving benefits within and between organisations. However, such benefits cannot be realised if there are barriers to their adoption and full utilisation. To date, research on the dynamics of e\u2010market adoption has largely focused on private sector enterprises with few studies examining this phenomenon in public sector environments. Therefore, e\u2010market adoption in the public sector has received limited attention in the literature over the past decade. This study examines, and provides empirical evidence of, barriers to e\u2010market uptake and usage in the local government sector in order to act as a starting point to creating better understanding of such barriers among academic and practitioner audiences.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/17410391211272810","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,10,18]],"date-time":"2012-10-18T00:01:12Z","timestamp":1350518472000},"page":"509-536","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["A study of e\u2010market adoption barriers in the local government sector"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"25","author":[{"given":"Michael","family":"Johnson","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"140","reference":[{"key":"key2022021620224438800_b1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Al\u2010Mashari, M. 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