Problem Definition: We study how a new development in entrepreneurship --- crowdfunding --- interacts with more traditional financing sources, such as venture capital (VC) and bank financing.Academic/Practical Relevance: While extant literature has mainly focused on predicting crowdfunding...

We study the effects of disruption risk in a supply chain where one retailer deals with competing risky suppliers who may default during their production lead times. The suppliers, who compete for business with the retailer by setting wholesale prices, are leaders in a Stackelberg game with the...