to signal her forecast information. We show that channel coordination is possible even under asymmetric forecast …

committees in different countries as well as international organizations have been searching for positive theory for guidance in …

This paper describes a simple set of coordination structures that model certain kinds of information processing … involved in organizations and markets. Four generic coordination structures are defined: product hierarchies, functional … production costs, coordination costs, and vulnerability costs. This model is unusual in that it includes detailed definitions of …

The management of coordination gaps is critical to the effective functioning of a customer support team. To address the … managerial challenge of designing Information Technology (IT) to facilitate coordination in customer support teams, this paper … develops a framework describing the drivers of coordination gaps in customer support teams. Measures for the characteristics of …

with quadratic cost functions and coordination subcontracts; linear decision rules for production, inventory, and …