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.