2nd European Digital Platform Research Network (EU-DPRN) Summit
London, UK | June 27 & 28, 2024
Hosted by the UCL School of Management
Event Overview
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.
At the heart of the EU-DPRN summit is a one-day plenary track (June, 28) track comprising of paper presentations and feedback, panel discussions, and keynote presentations. The program features a curated set of high-quality papers from a mix of junior and senior faculty. Panels include speakers from inside and outside of academia, including practitioners and regulators. The program affords ample time for socializing, fuelled by Italian food and drink.
The summit further features a one-day PhD Development Workshop to provide opportunities to PhD students to present their work and receive feedback from senior scholars in their field. The workshop program includes a panel consisting of leading scholars and journal editors.
The EU-DPRN summit is an annual event organized at different European locations.
Agenda
11:30 – 13:00
Registration and lunch
13:00 – 13:10
Welcome by the organizers
13:10 – 14:15
Session 1: Growth Strategies for Emerging Ecosystems
- From Core to Portfolio Diversification: Strategic Trajectories of Early Platform Ventures. Shariga Sivanathan (University of Münster)
- Platform Extended Ecosystem: Managing Partnerships and Platform Growth. Harsh Dod (Bocconi University)
- Digital yet Human? Platform Trade-Offs and Agent Responses at the Last Mile. Aparajita Agarwal (University of Pennsylvania)
- Discussant: Melissa Schilling (New York University)
14:15 – 15:20
Session 2: Platform Design and Implications
- Platform Design Change and User Engagement: A Natural Experiment on Twitter. Chengdi Fa (University of Amsterdam)
- Kill Two Birds with One Stone: Leveraging Multihoming Boundary Resources for Mobile App Development. Ziyi Zhao (Temple University)
- The Promises and Perils of Self-Disruption: How Firms Probe Platform Potential Amid Ambiguous Market Characteristics. Heinrich-Jakob Wild (University of St. Gallen)
- Discussant: JP Vergne (University College London)
15:20 – 15:50
Coffee & tea
15:50 – 16:55
Session 3: Platform Power and Dominance
- Unveiling the Relationship Between Platform Owner Power and Generativity in the Platform Ecosystem. Vincent Heimburg (Dortmund University)
- The Timing and Duration of Digital Platform Dominance: An Empirical Study of Financial Trading Platforms. Demetrios Tsingis (Warwick Business School)
- Great Power, Little Responsibility: Restoring the Power Imbalance with the P2B Regulation? Helena Verhuyck (University of Antwerp)
- Discussant: Joe Ploog (IE University)
16:55 – 17:55
Editors’ panel: Publishing Platform Papers
- Panelists: Marco Ceccagnoli (Georgia Institute of Technology), Carmelo Cennamo (Copenhagen Business School), Annabelle Gawer (University of Surrey), Melissa Schilling (New York University)
- Chair: Panos Constantinides (Manchester University)
17:55 – 18:00
Closing by the organizers
During breaks
PhD poster presentations
- Determinants of Platform Complementors’ Success: A 3-D Experience. Eduardo Lope (University of Zaragoza)
- Incumbents Venturing on Digital Platforms. Francesca Segato (Copenhagen Business School)
- Digital Platforms’ Emergence and Evolution: The Role of Customer Engagement Behaviors. Juthawan Karnasuta-Thongborisute (ESCP Business School)
- Don’t Fly Too Close to the Sun: Investigating Existence and Relevance of Killer Acquisitions and Kill Zones in Multi-Sided Platform Markets. Maximilian Charlet (University of Münster)
- Behind the Scenes: How Incumbents Configure Their Innovation Ecosystems. Theresa Maria Seehofer (University of St. Gallen)
- The Role of Advertisers and Platforms in Monetizing Misinformation: Descriptive and Experimental Evidence. Wajeeha Ahmad (Stanford University)
18:30 / 19:00
PhD dinner at Browns
Drinks reception at 18:30, dinner at 19:00. Browns, West India Quay, Unit A Hertsmere Rd, Canary Wharf, E14 4AY.
08:30 – 09:00
Registration and light breakfast
09:00 – 09:10
Opening by the organizers and welcome by UCL SoM School Director, Davide Ravasi
09:10 – 09:30
Platform Papers: State of the Literature, Joost Rietveld (University College London)
09:30 – 10:50
Paper session 1: Complementor Power Dynamics
- Platform Partnership Programs and Content Supply: Evidence from the YouTube “Adpocalypse”. Johannes Loh (VU Amsterdam)
- Specialization Versus Experimentation When Choosing Technology Providers: The Impact of Cloud Computing on Startup Growth. Michael Impink (HEC Paris)
- Politicized Framing of the Future: Stimulating Innovation in Mature Ecosystems in the Face of Big Tech. Georg Reischauer (WU Vienna University)
- Discussant: Tobias Kretschmer (LMU Munich)
- Chair: Dan Sands (University College London)
10:50 – 11:10
Coffee & tea
11:10 – 12:30
Paper session 2: Platform Power and Regulation
- Power Relations in Transaction Platform Ecosystems: The Case of Aggregating Sellers. Andreas Hein (University of St. Gallen)
- Digital-Stack-Based Analysis of Platform Firms’ Acquisition Strategies. Andrey Indukaev (Aalto University)
- Empowering Digital Choice: Apple’s Uninstallability Shift and its Implications for Platform Regulation. Joey van Angeren (VU Amsterdam)
- Discussant: Milan Miric (University of Southern California)
- Chair: Steve Yoo (University College London)
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch and poster presentations
- Myopic Expansions on Platforms: Evidence From Mobile Application Markets. Aldona Kapacinskaite (Bocconi University)
- A cultural view of platform governance. Christina Kyprianou (IE University)
- Expanding the Platform Lens: The Emergence of Second-Order Ecosystems. Donato Cutolo (IE University)
- From Platform Regulation to Certification of Business Practices and Algorithms. Dovev Lavie (Bocconi University)
- The Antecedents of Application Interconnectivity: An Exploration in the Fit-Tech Smartphone Ecosystem. Francesca Hueller (University of Liverpool)
- Strategic Responses to Innovation Shocks: Evidence from the Video Game Industry. Hakan Ozalp (University of Amsterdam)
- Name Your Price: Dual Strategic Responses to Platform Design Change. Jovana Karanovic (Erasmus University)
- When Algorithms Delegate to Humans on the Uber Platform. Mareike Mohlmann (Bentley University)
- Broken and Bounded Generativity: New Design Rules for Decentralized Platforms. Ying-Ying Hsieh (Imperial College Business School)
14:00 – 14:20
Best PhD paper presentation
14:20 – 15:40
Paper session 3: Ecosystem Information Asymmetries
- Organization of Information and the Value Creation-Appropriation Tradeoff. Tony Tong (University of Colorado)
- Gender Disparity in Online Reputation: Evidence from an Online Freelance Platform. Mimansa Bairathi (University College London)
- Platform Competition and Information Sharing. Georgios Petropoulos (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- Discussant: Jan Kraemer (University of Passau)
- Chair: Bilal Gokpinar (University College London)
15:40 – 16:00
Coffee & tea
16:00 – 17:00
Policy panel: Digital Innovation and Regulation—Friends or Foe?
- Panelists: Kristina Barbov (Microsoft), Michael Jacobides (London Business School), Oliver Latham (Charles River Associates), Tom Smith (Geradin Partners)
- Chair: Verity Egerton Doyle (Linklaters)
17:00 – 17:50
Keynote by Melissa Schilling (New York University)
17:50 – 18:00
Closing by the organizers
18:00 – 19:00
Networking drinks and nibbles
19:30
Invite-only speakers’ dinner at The Butterfly Room, The Ivy in the Park
50 Canada Square Park, Canary Wharf, E14 5FW. Sponsored by Linklaters.
Organizers
Panos Constantinides
House of Innovation, Stockholm School of Economics & Alliance Manchester Business School
Thanks to our sponsoring members for their continued support.
