Collaborative cost reduction and component procurement under information asymmetry

Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 189-206

  Kim, Sang Hyun ^a   Netessine, Serguei ^b  

^a YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Collaboration; Contracting; Procurement; Product development

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION; COLLABORATION; CONTRACTING; COST INFORMATION; DEMAND VARIABILITY; EX ANTES; EXPECTED COSTS; INFORMATION ASYMMETRY; INNOVATIVE PRODUCT; PROCUREMENT; PROCUREMENT CONTRACTING; PRODUCTION COST; SUPPLY CHAIN EFFICIENCY; UNIT COST;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

COST REDUCTION;

EID: 84874161687     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1120.1573     Document Type: Article

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