The interdependency of information security risks often induces firms to invest inefficiently in IT security management. Cyberinsurance has been proposed as a promising solution to help firms optimize security spending. However, cyberinsurance is ineffective in addressing the investment...

Advances in information technologies enable firms to collect detailed consumer data and target individual consumers with tailored ads. Consumer data is among the most valuable assets that firms own. An interesting phenomenon is that competing firms often trade their consumer data with each...

This paper studies an outsourcing problem where two service providers (suppliers) compete for the service contract from a client. The suppliers face uncertain cost for providing the service because they do not have perfect information about the client's type. The suppliers receive differential...