Handbook of Information Exchange in Supply Chain Management (Springer Series in Supply Chain Management 5)

Sharing accurate and timely supply and demand information throughout a supply chain can yield significant performance improvements to all members of the supply chain. Despite the benefits, many firms are reluctant to share information with their supply chain partners due to an unequal distribution of risks, costs, and benefits among the partners. Thus, incentive mechanisms must be in place to induce communication, cooperation, and collaboration among all members of a supply chain. The issue of Information exchange/sharing has been examined by various researchers over the last 15-20 years. However, there is no research book that compiles various approaches, analyses, key implications, as well as future development of this area. This book will serve as a handbook for researchers who are interested in learning the state of the art of the line of research in this area and explore open research topics in this area. Contributors, all leading researchers, have committed to delivering 18 chapters, broken into four distinct sections covering the Value of Information Sharing, Contracting and Information, Information Signaling, and Incentives for Information Sharing. Front Matter....Pages i-xxi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Modeling and Measuring the Bullwhip Effect....Pages 3-25 Empirical Studies in Information Sharing....Pages 27-38 Collaborative Forecasting in Retail Supply Chains....Pages 39-61 Front Matter....Pages 63-63 Reliability or Inventory? An Analysis of Performance-Based Contracts for Product Support Services....Pages 65-88 Project Contracting Strategies for Managing Team Dynamics....Pages 89-105 Time-Related Incentive Contracts for Managing Projects with Uncertain Completion Time....Pages 107-122 Contracting for New Product Development....Pages 123-144 Supply Disruptions and Procurement Contracting....Pages 145-170 Contracting for Information Acquisition....Pages 171-186 Front Matter....Pages 187-187 A Tale of Two Information Asymmetries in Competitive Supply Chains....Pages 189-213 Supply Chain Information Signaling and Capital Market....Pages 215-233 Buying from the Babbling Retailer? The Impact of Availability Information on Customer Behavior....Pages 235-261 Incentives for Forecast Information Sharing Under Simple Pricing Mechanisms....Pages 263-284 Front Matter....Pages 285-285 Establishing Trust and Trustworthiness for Supply Chain Information Sharing....Pages 287-312 Information Leakage in Supply Chains....Pages 313-341 Bilateral Information Sharing and Pricing Incentives in a Retail Channel....Pages 343-367 Sharing Demand Information Under Simple Wholesale Pricing....Pages 369-390 Sharing accurate and timely supply and demand information throughout a supply chain can yield significant performance improvements to all members of the supply chain. Despite the benefits, many firms are reluctant to share information with their supply chain partners due to an unequal distribution of risks, costs, and benefits among the partners. Thus, incentive mechanisms must be in place to induce communication, cooperation, and collaboration among all members of a supply chain. The issue of information exchange/sharing has been examined by various researchers over the last 15-20 years. However, there is no research book that compiles various approaches, analyses, key implications, as well as future development of this area. This book will serve as a handbook for researchers who are interested in learning the state of the art of the line of research in this area and explore open research topics in this area. Chapter authors, all leading researchers, have contributed 18 chapters broken into four distinct sections covering the Value of Information Sharing, Contracting and Information, Information Signaling, and Incentives for Information Sharing