Hello! We're still solliciting paper submissions (from both faculty and PhD students) for the second European Digital Platform Research symposium (EU-DPRN) summit at the UCL School of Management in London (June 27 & 28).
We're pleased to announce that Melissa Schilling (NYU Stern) will give a keynote presentation at the conference. Moreover, a PhD dinner on June 27 will be kindly sponsored by Annabelle Gawer's Centre of Digital Economy (CoDE) at Surrey University. Finally, the conference will include an industry/policy panel featuring economists, lawyers and policy makers. The panel is co-organized with renowned London lawfirm Linklaters, who'll also kindly sponsor a speakers dinner on June 28. This should be an exciting opportunity for everyone doing work on digital platforms!
The deadline for submissions is January 31, but please see the full call for papers posted below.
2nd EUROPEAN DIGITAL PLATFORM RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM (EU-DPRN) SUMMIT
London, UK | June 27 & 28, 2024
Hosted by the UCL School of Management
Organizers
Joost Rietveld (UCL School of Management), Carmelo Cennamo (Copenhagen Business School) & Panos Constantinides (Manchester University)
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The aim of the annual European Digital Platform Research Network (EU-DPRN) summit is to consolidate, integrate, and further develop research on digital platforms and ecosystems. It is meant to provide a forum for European researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds (e.g., strategy, entrepreneurship, marketing, information systems, economics) to share their latest research and deepen their professional networks.
June 28: At the heart of the EU-DPRN summit is a one-day plenary track comprising of paper presentations, developmental 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 good food and drink.
June 27: The summit further features a one-day doctoral workshop to provide opportunities to 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. At the end of the day, a best presentation will be selected. The winner is invited to present their work in the main event.
The EU-DPRN summit is an annual event organized at different European locations. Last year's highly successful summit was held in Milan at Bocconi SDA.
Submissions
We welcome full paper submissions that explore a variety of topics, including but not limited to:
1. Platform competition and competition within platforms
2. Platform strategies and ecosystems in traditional industries
3. Ecosystem governance: objectives driving choices and their consequences
4. Post ATT ecosystem strategies: "content fortresses" vs. disintermediation
5. Design and organizing principles of platform markets and ecosystems
6. Decentralised autonomous platforms and the future of the platform business model
7. Designing products and platforms for (heterogeneous) network effects
8. Data strategies for competitive advantage and fair treatment
9. Competition in the age of GenAI (e.g. protecting and governing complements produced generatively, multihoming with generatively produced complements & API, regulation for generatively produced data, etc.)
10. Incentives/tradeoffs/effects of antitrust and data regulation on ecosystem dynamics and complementors' activities
Faculty interested in presenting at the main event are invited to submit full-length working papers (~40 pages, Word/PDF). PhD students interested in presenting in the doctoral workshop should follow the same guidelines as the regular paper track submissions. However, we will also consider short(-er) papers for the PhD workshop (~6-10 pages). The deadline for submissions is January 31st, 2024. Submissions can be made through this Google Form link.
Accepted papers will be selected on the basis of a review process. Submitting authors will be notified of acceptance or otherwise by March 31st, 2024.
We look forward to seeing you in London for the second summit of the EU-DPRN!
Please send any questions or comments to: eudprn@gmail.com.
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Joost Rietveld
UCL School of Management
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