failures. In contrast, we propose that collaboration can have opposite effects at the two extremes: it reduces the probability … demonstrate that the effect is more than an upward mean shift. We find partial mediation of the effect of collaboration on extreme … outcomes by the diversity of technical experience of team members and by the size of team members' external collaboration …

. Consequently, a broad range of information technologies to better support the collaboration of diverse, and increasingly … distributed, sets of participants is ever more utilized. Arguably, the success of such technology-mediated collaboration is … within the context of group collaboration environments. We fill this gap by integrating research from human …

contracting strategies, and identify a simple strategy, expected margin commitment (EMC), that effectively promotes collaboration …. The manufacturer prefers EMC if collaboration leads to a large reduction in unit cost and/or demand variability is low … enhance supply chain efficiency may hinder ex ante collaboration that precedes production. <i>This paper was accepted by Yossi …

vendor-managed inventory (VMI), is directly and positively related to manufacturer margins, while collaboration on new … collaboration allows the manufacturer to charge higher wholesale prices and, interestingly, is associated with lower retailer, and … consequently manufacturer, stockouts. In contrast, collaboration on the handling of excess and defective retailer inventory (i …

administer, then the coordination of the supply chain and the arbitrary allocation of its profit is possible. Several limitations …