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2016 Program
July 14, 2016 Platform Strategy Symposium
Executive Leadership Center
| 7:30 – 8:20 am | Breakfast at Boston University Executive Leadership Center, Room 428 | |||||||||
| 8:20 – 8:30 am | Opening Remarks & Welcome – Kenneth W. Freeman, Allen Questrom Professor and Dean, Questrom School of Business, Boston University, Room 404 | |||||||||
| 8:30 – 9:00 am | Opening Address – Peter Coles, Head Policy Economist, Airbnb, Room 404 | |||||||||
| 9:00 – 10:30 am | Session 1 | |||||||||
| Seeding the Technology S-Curve? The Role of Early Adopters in Technology Diffusion | ||||||||||
| Authors: Christian Catalini and Catherine Tucker Presentation Slides | ||||||||||
| Discussant: Erina Ytsma | ||||||||||
| Competition between Equity Crowdfunding Platforms: Network Effects vs Matching Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Authors: Esther Gal-Or, Ronen Gal-Or and Nabita Penmetsa Presentation Slides | ||||||||||
| Discussant: Melissa Schilling | ||||||||||
| Can You Gig It? An Empirical Examination of the Gig-Economy and Entrepreneurial Activity | ||||||||||
| Authors: Gordon Burtch, Seth Carnahan and Brad Greenwood Presentation Slides | ||||||||||
| Discussant: Tim Simcoe | ||||||||||
| 10:30 – 11:00 am | Coffee Break | |||||||||
| 11:00 am – 12:30 pm | Session 2 | |||||||||
| Does Platform Owner’s Entry Crowd out Innovation? Evidence from Google Photos | ||||||||||
| Authors: Jens Förderer, Thomas Kude, Sunil Mithas and Armin Heinzl Presentation Slides | ||||||||||
| Discussant: Shadi Janansefat | ||||||||||
| The Evolution of Digital Ecosystems: A Case of WordPress from 2004 to 2014 | ||||||||||
| Authors: Sungyong Um, Youngjin Yoo and Sunil Wattal Presentation Slides | ||||||||||
| Discussant: Carliss Baldwin Discussant Slides | ||||||||||
| Reload and Relaunch: Strategic Governance of Platform Ecosystems | ||||||||||
| Authors: Joost Rietveld, Melissa Schilling and Cristiano Bellavitis Presentation Slides | ||||||||||
| Discussant: Geneviève Bassellier Discussant Slides | ||||||||||
| 12:30 – 1:30 pm | Lunch | |||||||||
| 1:30 – 3:00 pm | Session 3 | |||||||||
| Assessing and Quantifying Network Effects in an Online Dating Market | ||||||||||
| Authors: Gordon Burtch and Jui Ramaprasad Presentation Slides | ||||||||||
| Discussant: Chiara Farronato | ||||||||||
| An ‘Airbnb for Electricity’: Institutional Theory For a Platform Model In an Historically Regulated Industry | ||||||||||
| Author: Lynne Kiesling Presentation Slides | ||||||||||
| Discussant: Sunil Mithas | ||||||||||
| Measuring the Platform Economy – Towards a Research Agenda for the Platform Community | ||||||||||
| The Rise of the Platform Enterprise: A Global Survey Presentation Slides | ||||||||||
| The Rise of African Platforms: A Regional Survey Presentation Slides | ||||||||||
| Author: Peter Evans | ||||||||||
| Discussant: Michael A. Cusumano | ||||||||||
| 3:00 – 3:30 pm | Afternoon Coffee and Snack Break | |||||||||
| 3:30 – 5:00 pm | Session 4 | |||||||||
| The Role of APIs in the Economy | ||||||||||
| Authors: Seth Benzell, Guillermo Lagarda and Marshall Van Alstyne Presentation Slides | ||||||||||
| Discussant: Youngjin Yoo | ||||||||||
| Selling Platforms | ||||||||||
| Authors: Hemant Bhargava and Olivier Rubel Presentation Slides | ||||||||||
| Discussant: Gleb Romanyuk | ||||||||||
| Fireside Chat on Platform Regulation Presentation Slides | ||||||||||
| Eric Clemons, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School Eric Peters, Deputy Head of EU single digital market commission |
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| 5:00 – 5:45 pm | Closing Address – David Teece, Thomas W. Tusher Chair in Global Business, University of California, Berkeley | |||||||||
| 5:45 – 6:00 pm | Walk to “The Castle” (225 Bay State Road) for Reception and Dinner | |||||||||
| 6:00 – 7:00 pm | Reception and Poster Presentations | |||||||||
| Determinants of Matching in Online Labor Markets: A structural Two-Sided Matching Model | ||||||||||
| Author: Jing Gong | ||||||||||
| Investigating the Moderating Role of Platform Strategies | ||||||||||
| Author: Xing Wan | ||||||||||
| Online Platforms: Do They Benefit Consumers? | ||||||||||
| Author: Talal Rahim | ||||||||||
| Does Caring Affect Sharing? Role of Relationship Norms in Responses to Online Reviews of P2P Services | ||||||||||
| Authors: Raji Srinivasan and Nailya Ordabayeva | ||||||||||
| Cultivating a Collaborative Consumption Platform: Lessons Learnt from GoGet Car-Share in Australia | ||||||||||
| Authors: Felix Ter Chian Tan, Michael Cahalane, Barney Tan and Jan Ondrus | ||||||||||
| Optimizing a Menu of Multi-format Subscription Plans for Advertising-Supported Media Platforms | ||||||||||
| Authors: Vamsi Kanuri, Murali Mantrala and Esther Thorson | ||||||||||
| 7:00 – 7:20 pm | Piano Concert by Christopher Tuite | |||||||||
| 7:20 – 9:00 pm | Workshop Dinner | |||||||||