Incentive Mechanism For Knowledge Sharing In E-Commerce Service Supply Chain: Complementarity, Integration And Risk Attitude

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Zhengchi Liu
Jennifer Shang
Mingyong Lai

Abstract: 

In the E-commerce Service Supply Chain (ESSC), knowledge sharing among members is crucial for fast responses to the changing online market. We propose a knowledge sharing incentive model for the ESSC by incorporating knowledge complementarity and integration capacity. We develop two principal-agent based optimal incentive mechanisms for the ESSC under asymmetric information, when service providers are risk-neutral and risk-averse, respectively. Through numerical experiments, we examine in depth the impacts of the external uncertainty and risk-aversion degree on optimal incentive mechanisms. The incentive of knowledge sharing is found to be influenced by the knowledge complementarity of service providers, the knowledge integration capability of e-tailers, the risk-averse degree of service providers and the external uncertainty.

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Published Date: 

August, 2015

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