4th European Digital Platform Research Network (EU-DPRN) Summit
Aalto University, Finland| June 11 & 12, 2025
ABOUT THE SUMMIT
EU-DPRN Summit 2026 at Aalto University
The annual European Digital Platform Research Network (EU-DPRN) provides a forum for researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds (e.g., strategy, entrepreneurship, marketing, information systems, economics) to share their latest research on digital platforms and ecosystems and deepen their professional networks.
The conference takes place over two days, June 11 & 12, 2026 at Aalto University, Finland.
June 12
Plenary Summit
At the heart of the EU-DPRN summit is a one-day plenary track comprising paper presentations, developmental feedback, a panel discussion, and a keynote presentation by a leading scholar of digital innovation, Kalle Lyytinen (Case Western Reserve University). The program features a curated set of high-quality papers from a mix of junior and senior faculty. The panel will feature speakers from inside and outside academia, such as experts on platform strategy and technology practitioners. The program affords ample time for socializing, supported by good food, drinks, the Aalto campus, and beautiful Finnish nature.
June 11
Doctoral workshop:
The summit further features a one-day doctoral workshop to provide opportunities for PhD students to present their work and receive feedback from senior scholars. The workshop program includes a panel consisting of leading scholars and journal editors.
PROGRAMME
Summit schedule
Lunch & Poster presentations
- Philipp Kernstock (TUM): Governing Federated Data Ecosystems
- Youngbeom Kim (UCL): Oblique Diversification in Platforms: Definition, Strategic Logic, and Implications
- Özgün Özben (U. of Groningen): Relational Governance and Power in B2B Platforms
- Anna Hiltunen (LUT): Building Generative Industrial Innovation on B2B platforms: A Cyber-physical Perspective
- Denzel Glandel Tafur (LMU): Generative AI and Community Norms in a User-Generated Media Commons: Evidence from Archive of Our Own
- Margaux Marè (INSEAD): Markets for Acquisitions on Digital Platforms: Information Leakage Risk and Non-Disclosure Agreements
Paper session 1: Complementor motivation
- Frederike Eulitz (LMU): Monetary Incentives for Repeat Interactions: Evidence from an Online Labor Market
- Philipp Riederle (U. of Oxford): Does Digital Platform Interoperability Deliver on Its Promises? An Empirical Test of Theory
- Eduardo Lope (U. of Zaragoza): Dying for Attention: How Platform Submarket Characteristics Shape Complementor Contributions
- Discussant: Joe Ploog (IE)
Paper session 2: Platform governance
- Francesca Segato (CBS): Coordinated Search and User-Driven Orchestration in Two-Sided Platforms
- Nilesh Singhania (IE): The Portability of Network Effects: How Platform Dependent Entrepreneurs Respond to Adverse Governance Shocks
- Sverrir Arnórsson (U. of Zurich): Platform Governance and Automated Enforcement: Evidence from YouTube Content ID
- Discussant: Michael Impinik (HEC)
Paper session 3: Multihoming
- Tianxi Yang (Tsinghua U.): The Privacy Trap: How Apple’s App Tracking Transparency Policy Prevents Developers from Multihoming
- Vikas Agarwal (IE): The Efficiency Paradox: How Open Boundary Resources Facilitate Multi-homing and Supply Reallocation in Platform Ecosystems
- Daria Demyanova (U. of Bologna): Multihoming Speed During Technological Transitions: A Real Options Perspective
- Discussant: Johannes Loh (Vrije U.)
Panel discussion: So, you wanna be a platform scholar?
- Panos Constantinides (U. of Manchester)
- Carmelo Cennamo (CBS)
- TBC
Paper session 1: Complementor perspective
- Michail Batikas (Nova SBE), Tim Meyer (U. of St. Gallen), Jörg Claussen (LMU), and Carmelo Cennamo (CBS): Platform Flexibility and Complement Quality
- David Chung (U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign): Post-mates No More? Complementor Engagement Following Platform Acquisition
- Susan Hilbolling (Aarhus U.), Senem Aydin Ozden (Bayes BS), Fernando Suarez (Northeastern U.), and Hans Berends (Vrije U.): A Product Leader Response to Industry Platformization: The Case of Philips Hue and the Smart Home
- Discussant: Paavo Ritala (LUT)
Paper session 2: Growth of and around platforms
- Jochem Hummel (WBS), Shiyuan Liu (Wenzhou-Kean U.), Ola Henfridsson (U. of Miami), Joe Nandhakumar (WBS), Wenshuo Wang (WBS): Cross-Market Platform Entry, Matching Quality, and the Power of Inputless Matching
- Zhengyao Kang (U. of Bristol) and Feng Zhu (HBS): From Employees to Ecosystems Complementors: Platform Imprinting and Entrepreneurial Spinouts
- Paavo Ritala (LUT), Marin Jovanovic (CBS), and Llewellyn Thomas (U. of Sydney): Institutional Entrepreneurship in Contested Platform Markets: The Case of Gig Economy Platforms
- Discussant: Katia Meggiorin (Stevens Institute of Technology)
Lunch & Posters
- Chengdi Fa (LMU): Privacy Regulation and Digital Public Goods: A Natural Experiment from GDPR and Wikipedia
- Katia Meggiorin (Stevens Institute of Technology): Regulation by Design: How Airbnb Mobilizes Hosts to Shape Local Policy
- Johannes Loh (Vrije U.) and Joe Ploog (IE): Backseat Gaming: How Complement Design Affects Inter-Platform Complementarity
- Tobias Kretschmer (Imperial College London, LMU) and Benedikt Seigner (IE): Platform Governance and Social Bias in Performance Evaluations: Evidence from Ballroom Dancing
- Ahmadreza Mostajabi (Singapore Management University): Market Homogenization: How Creating New Product Markets Impacts Matchmaking and Innovation in Platform Marketplaces
- Raveesh Mayya (NYU Stern School of Business) and Jiding Zhang (Arizona State U.): Privacy Spillovers Across Competing Platforms
- Mehdi Montakhabi (U. of Oxford): The Role of Vicious Cycles in The Unraveling of Platform Ecosystems
- Patrick Hallila (Imperial College London): Removing Reputational Incentives and User Content Creation: Evidence from A Digital Platform
Paper session 3: Value beyond the platform owner
- Maciej Sobolewski (Warsaw U.), Nestor Duch-Brown (CERP): Entry and Competition in Platform Markets. Evidence from the European Tablet Industry
- Anparasan Mahalingam (Syracuse U.) and Richard Makadok (The Ohio State U.): Capabilities, Favoritism, and the Quarantine Paradox in Platform Organizations
- Elena Conicella (Bocconi U.) and Dovev Lavie (Bocconi U.): The Scalability Paradox of Social Digital Platforms and Its Remedies: A Study of Good4Trust
- Discussant: Ola Henfridsson (U. of Miami)
Panel discussion: Future of platform competition – Legal, technical, and societal perspectives
- Moderator: Joost Rietveld (UCL)
- Martin Kenney (UC Davis)
- Tero Ojanperä (Aalto U.)
- Ioannis Lianos (UCL)
Cruise & Dinner
- Short walk to Otaranta Pier (ferry leaves at 18:30)
INAUGURAL AWARD
The Jovana Karanovic Impact Award
The inaugural Jovana Karanovic Impact Award will be presented at the EU-DPRN 2026 Summit. The award recognizes early-career scholars whose work combines intellectual ambition with a commitment to addressing important societal challenges in digital platform research.
Organizers
Panos Constantinides
House of Innovation, Stockholm School of Economics & Alliance Manchester Business School
Local Hosts
Kimmo Karhu
Aalto University
Andrey Indukaev
Aalto University
Mikko Heiskala
Haaga-Helia University
of Applied Sciences, Aalto University