The Healthcare Information Exchanges (HIEs) facilitate the electronic transfer of health information among healthcare organizations. Several studies have shown that the HIEs have potential of saving billions of dollars per year and significantly improving healthcare delivery. In spite of that,...

Problem Definition and Academic/Practical Relevance: Most supply networks are characterized by firms that source from multiple suppliers and suppliers that serve multiple firms, thus resulting in suppliers who differ in their degree centrality, i.e., the number of firms they supply to. In such...