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. Albert Y. Hais Wei Lun FoundationProfessor of Business and Chair Professor at theHong KongUniversity of Science and Technology. He has published in major academic journals in the areas of supply chain management, economics of queuing systems and production and inventory control. He currently serves as a Department EditorofProduction and Operations Managementaswell asanAssociate Editor ofManagement Science,Operations ResearchandManufacturingand Service Operations Management. He received his BSc in CivilEngineering from the University of Hong Kong, MBA from the ChineseUniversity of Hong Kong andPhD in Business from Stanford University.Christopher Tangis UCLA Distinguished Professor and the Edward W. Carter Professor of Business Administration at the UCLA Anderson School. He is a renowned scholar in supply chain management who has published 5 books and over 100 research articles. Also, he is the recipient of numerous research awards including lifetime fellow awards of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science(INFORMS), the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS),and the Society ofManufacturing and Service Operations Management(MSOM). After completing his Presidency of the Production and Operations Management Society(POMS) in 2014, he now serves as Editor-in-Chief for the Manufacturing and Service Operations Management(MSOM) journal. Chris received his BSc (First Class Hons.) from King's College (London), M.A., MPhil, and PhD from Yale University.
