This paper studies a supply contracting problem where a buyer sources a product from a supplier to satisfy uncertain market demand. With the increasing length and complexity of today's global supply chains, the buyer may face two issues when designing the supply contract: adverse selection...

Problem definition: This paper studies an entrepreneur's pricing strategy in a reward-based crowdfund-ing campaign under asymmetric product quality information. We propose two signaling mechanisms and investigate the relative performance of these mechanisms under different market...