This dissertation explores coordination schemes that can be used to align the incentives of an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and its contract manufacturer (CM). The coordination ismediated by demand forecast sharing and component overage risk sharing. Three major problems are studied:...

This dissertation investigates the impact of various behavioral factors on supply chain management, using a laboratory approach. A series of experiments is designed to challenge the assumptions of several basic theoretical models used in supply chain management that have ignored behavioral...