Platform Strategy

28 July 2026, Conference

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co-authors
Discussants
8:00 AM8:30 AM0:30Breakfast
8:30 AM8:35 AM0:05Welcome
8:35 AM10:05 AM1:30Long
Talks
A network approach to interoperabilityGuofu TanDanhou Li
The economics of algorithmic personalization: Evidence from an educational technology platformEmil Palikot
Susan Athey
Shanjukta Nath
Keshav Agrawal
Ayush Kanodia
Andrew Ching
When does algorithm beat data? Gaining momentum in dynamic platform competitionHanna Halaburda
Sarit Markovich
Yaron Yehezkel
Huiyi Litan
10:05 AM10:30 AM0:25Break
10:30 AM11:30 AM1:00Short
Talks
Platform Power in Healthcare: How EHR Systems Shape Physician Referrals and CompetitionMeizi Zhou
Bin Gu
MS-Bridge: A Deep Multi-Stakeholder Multi-Objective Recommendation Model for Two-Sided Media PlatformsPan Li
Platform-within-Platform: Data Network Effects and Competitive Catch-upHuiyi Litan
Di Zhou
Ke Rong
How Fake Review Alerts Help the PlatformTed Matherly
Jared Watson
Amna Kirmani
Regression Towards the Mean? Valuations and Investor Returns When Unicorn Platforms Go Public or Are AcquiredSarah Walker
Michael Cusumano
Annabelle Gawer
David Yoffie
Platform Governance and Automated Enforcement: Evidence from YouTube Content IDChristian Peukert
Sverrir Arnorsson
Stefan Bechtold
Catherine Tucker
To Conform or Not To Conform: Affiliate Program Design and Recommendations ConformityXudong Zheng
Itay Fainmesser
Addictive Platform Design: Competition, Awareness, and RegulationFrancesco Decarolis
Miguel Risco
Carl Christian Groh
Rafael Jiménez-Durán
Martino Banchio
Focality Dynamics and Platform CompetitionHongxia Ma
Just trading opportunists? How crypto token airdrops shape open platform contributionsGeorg Schiffner
Patrick Pollok
Frank Piller
News Consumption, Recommender Systems, and PolarizationMingduo Zhao
11:30 AM12:00 PM0:30Break
12:00 PM1:00 PM1:00Long
Talks
How B2B Platforms Evolve Differently: Value Creation, Platform Architecture, and Integration Cost SharingBoyoon Chang
Georgios Petropoulos
Didier Bonnet
Geoffrey Parker
Carmelo Cennamo
Sherlocking: The Effect of Platform-Owner Entry on the Competitive Behavior of Third-Party FirmsBenjamin LeydenGeorgios Petropoulos
1:00 PM2:00 PM1:00Lunch
2:00 PM3:30 PM1:30Long
Talks
Curbing Hidden Advertisements in Children's Videos: The Limits of Platform PoliciesVasundhara Sharma
Sumeet Kumar
Ashish Agarwal
Siddharth Bhattacharya
Content Creator Multihoming and Attention Spillovers Across PlatformsXinzhi Rao
Jingyan Dai
Yulin Hao
Liangfei Qiu
Felix Schleef
Privacy Spillovers across Competing PlatformsRaveesh Mayya
Jiding Zhang
Kai Zhu
3:30 PM4:00 PM0:30Break
4:00 PM5:00 PM1:00Short
Talks
When Competition is Not Zero-Sum: Interview Capacity and Screening Technologies in Matching PlatformsXi Jing
Bin Gu
Abraham Seidmann
Vera Tilson
Supplier Scale, Competition, and Consumer Experience in PlatformsXueyun Luo
Chris Forman
Mohammad Rahman
“Frenemy” of Two Giants: Amazon and AppleKsenia Shakhgildyan
Muxin Li
Does Generative AI Crowd Out Human Creators? Evidence from PixivGinger Jin
Sueyoul Kim
Eungik Lee
Beyond Search: LLM Adoption and Web Traffic ConcentrationCristiana Firullo
Samira Gholami
Cristobal Cheyre
Alessandro Acquisti
The Transmission of Trade Shocks in Digital MarketsJorge Klinnert
Supplier Responses to Platform Recommendations in Business-to-Business Electronic CommerceZiwei Cong
Yi Chen
Yixing Chen
Liwen Hou
Platform's Surprise Discounts with Salient Consumers
Chang Dong
Rachel Chen
Juan Li
Antitrust Enforcement and the Redirection of Platform M&A StrategyYangyang Cheng
Daniel Sokol
Carmelo Cennamo
Go Ninja, Go Ninja, Go! How Superstars Influence Content Liquidity on Live PlatformsDominik Gutt
Jens Foerderer
Brad Greenwood
5:00 PM5:30 PM0:30Break
5:30 PM6:30 PM1:00Long
Talks
Consumer Choice between Recommendation Algorithms - Experimental EvidenceFelix SchleefEmil Palikot
Marketplace or Reseller? Optimal Platform Model under DisintermediationDanhou Li
Jinan Lin
Brad Greenwood
7:00 PMDinnerCenter for Computing and Data Sciences Building
665 Commonwealth Ave, Bosto
MA 02215
17th Floor

PhD Consortium

27 July 2026

The PhD consortium is invitation only

The Editors’ Panel is open to all registered participants

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co-authors
1:00 PM4:00 PM3:00Papers
Invitation Only
Uncovering Upskilling Paths in Online Labor Markets: A Linear Dynamical SystemGuanting Wu
Peter Zhang
Hai Wang
Beyond Search: LLM Adoption and Web Traffic ConcentrationSamira Gholami
Cristiana Firullo
Cristobal Cheyre
Alessandro Acquisti
Value in Platform Ecosystem Governance: Interplay between Creation and Capture, and the Roles of LeakageLixin Lu
Content Creator Multihoming and Attention Spillovers Across PlatformsXinzhi Rao
Jingyan Dai
Yulin Hao
Liangfei Qiu
Physician Responses to Patient Adoption of Generative AI for Self-Diagnosis: A Field Experiment on an Online Healthcare PlatformZhichen Chen
Gordon Burtch
Bin Gu
Yixuan Liu
Supplier Scale, Competition, and Consumer Experience in PlatformsXueyun Luo
Chris Forman
Mohammad Rahman
Political Bias in Crowdchecking and an Algorithmic RemedyAdam Shenxiong Li
Yang Gao
When Does Visual Manipulation Work? Evidence from Online PlatformsAli Kozehgaran
Liangbin Yang
Juncai Jiang
Marketplace or Reseller? Optimal Platform Model under DisintermediationDanhou Li
Jinan Lin
Communication Mode and Asynchronous Care: The Effect of Text and Voice Messaging on Diagnostic AccuracyZhaoyi Zhong
Shuting Wang
Chengxin Cao
Brad Greenwood
Hang Wei
Focality Dynamics and Platform CompetitionHongxia Ma
The Transmission of Trade Shocks in Digital MarketsJorge Klinnert
How to Disclose? Strategic AI Disclosure in CrowdfundingNing Wang
Learning Across Jobs: Transferable Capability, Dynamic Choice, and Platform PolicyRyan Jesubalan
Park Sinchaisri
Markets For Acquisitions on Digital Platforms: Information Leakage Risk and Non-Disclosure AgreementsMargaux Mare
Aldona Kapacinskaite
Luca Gius
Generative AI Content Governance and Market Outcomes: Evidence from Food Delivery PlatformsJingwei Dai
Beibei Li
Rahul Telang
AI Summaries Overrepresent Fake Reviews: Evidence from AmazonSihan Zhai
Andrew Ching
Fit-Revealing Interfaces and the Information Environment: When Experiential Tools Reshape Online DemandShuang Gao
Design-Embedded Trust: Standardization and Governance in Open-Source AI PlatformsDavid Wu
Zhuoxin Li
Buy Box Allocation and Competitive Effects in Hybrid MarketplacesNipun Thakurele
Haotian Song
Wenqiang Xiao
4:00 PMEditors PanelCenter for Computing and Data Sciences Building
665 Commonwealth Ave, Bosto
MA 02215
17th Floor