Geoffrey Parker

Dartmouth College

Professor

Department of Sociology

Hanover, NH 03755

United States

http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/people/faculty/geoffrey-parker

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1.

Two-Sided Network Effects: A Theory of Information Product Design

Management Science, Vol, 51, No. 10, pp. 1494–1504, 2005
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 27 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2012
Geoffrey Parker and Marshall W. Van Alstyne
Dartmouth College and Boston University – Questrom School of Business
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Two Sided Markets, Network Externalities, Network Effects, Antitrust, Information Pricing, Cross-Subsidy, Freemium

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Opening Platforms: How, When and Why?

This paper has been published under the same title as Chapter 6 in Platforms, Markets & Innovation (ed. Gawer, 2009) pp 131-162, Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 09-030
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 07 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2014
Thomas R. Eisenmann, Geoffrey Parker and Marshall W. Van Alstyne
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit, Dartmouth College and Boston University – Questrom School of Business
Downloads 4,635 (1,798)
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platforms, network effects, open innovation, standards, two-sided networks

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Information Complements, Substitutes, and Strategic Product Design

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 11 Dec 2000 Last Revised: 01 Jan 2014
Geoffrey Parker and Marshall W. Van Alstyne
Dartmouth College and Boston University – Questrom School of Business
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free information, complements, substitutes, network effects, network externality, pricing, bundling, two-sided markets, two sided networks

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Platform Envelopment

Forthcoming 2011, Strategic Management Journal, Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 07-104
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 28 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2013
Thomas R. Eisenmann, Geoffrey Parker and Marshall W. Van Alstyne
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit, Dartmouth College and Boston University – Questrom School of Business
Downloads 3,119 (3,583)
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Market entry, platforms, network effects, bundling, foreclosure

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Platform Strategy

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management (2014)
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 22 May 2014 Last Revised: 08 May 2019
Geoffrey Parker and Marshall W. Van Alstyne
Dartmouth College and Boston University – Questrom School of Business
Downloads 3,087 (3,653)
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Platforms, Two-Sided Networks, Network Effects, Competition, Governance, Openness, Launch

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Innovation, Openness, and Platform Control

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 02 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 08 May 2019
Geoffrey Parker and Marshall W. Van Alstyne
Dartmouth College and Boston University – Questrom School of Business
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Open Innovation, Sequential Innovation, Two-Sided Markets, Two Sided Networks, Platforms, Patent Length, Network Effects, Externalities, R&D Spillovers, Bundling, Vertical Integration, Standard Setting Organizations

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Winner Take All: Competition, Strategy, and the Structure of Returns in the Internet Economy

Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Vol. 14, No. 1, p. 141, Spring 2005
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 06 Dec 2000 Last Revised: 18 Dec 2013
Thomas H. Noe and Geoffrey Parker
University of Oxford - Said Business School and Dartmouth College
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Platform Ecosystems: How Developers Invert the Firm

Boston University Questrom School of Business Research Paper No. 2861574
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 31 Oct 2016
Geoffrey Parker, Marshall W. Van Alstyne and Xiaoyue Jiang
Dartmouth College, Boston University – Questrom School of Business and Tulane University
Downloads 2,601 (4,904)
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Vertical Integration, Open Innovation, Sequential Innovation, Platforms, R&D Spillovers, Intellectual Property, Network Effects, Network Externalities, Open Source, Licensing, Two-Sided Networks, Two-Sided Markets, Standard Setting Organizations

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Innovation Through Optimal Licensing in Free Markets and Free Software

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 03 Jan 2005
Geoffrey Parker and Marshall W. Van Alstyne
Dartmouth College and Boston University – Questrom School of Business
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Innovation, Free Software, Open Source, Lead Users, Two-Sided Markets, Platform Goods, Copyright Length, CopyFlex, Network Effects, Network Externalities, Intellectual Property Rights

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Six Challenges in Platform Licensing and Open Innovation

Communications & Strategies, No. 74, p.17, 2nd quarter 2009
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 27 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 14 May 2014
Geoffrey Parker and Marshall W. Van Alstyne
Dartmouth College and Boston University – Questrom School of Business
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licensing, open source, free software, dual licensing, platform, intellectual property

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The Effects of Outsourcing, Offshoring, and Distributed Product Development Organization on Coordinating the NPD Process

HANDBOOK ON NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT, C. Loch, S. Kavadias, eds., Elsevier, 2007
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 27 Aug 2008
Edward G. Anderson, Alison Davis-Blake, Sinan Erzurumlu, Nitin Joglekar and Geoffrey Parker
University of Texas at Austin - Department of Information, Risk and Operations Management, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Babson College, Boston University - Questrom School of Business and Dartmouth College
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outsourcing, offshoring, product development, distributed product development, modularity, product design

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Partial Outsourcing and Linked Learning Processes

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 04 Feb 2002 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2015
Edward G. Anderson, Qi Feng and Geoffrey Parker
University of Texas at Austin - Department of Information, Risk and Operations Management, Purdue University - Krannert School of Management and Dartmouth College
Downloads 505 (57,058)
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Engineering Design, Knowledge Work, Learning, Organization Design, Outsourcing, Software Development, Information Technology

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Platform Performance Investment in the Presence of Network Externalities

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 21 Sep 2013
Edward G. Anderson, Geoffrey Parker and Burcu Tan
University of Texas at Austin - Department of Information, Risk and Operations Management, Dartmouth College and Tulane University
Downloads 424 (70,681)
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Two-sided markets, Network externality, Product development, Video game industry

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From Buyer to Integrator: The Transformation of the Supply-Chain Manager in the Vertically Disintegrating Firm

Production and Operations Management, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 75-91, Spring 2002
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 27 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2011
Geoffrey Parker and Edward G. Anderson
Dartmouth College and University of Texas at Austin - Department of Information, Risk and Operations Management
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Supply Chains, New Product Development, Integration, Outsourcing, Organization Design, Interface

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Integration of Global Knowledge Networks

Forthcoming in Production and Operations Management
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 03 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2013
Edward G. Anderson and Geoffrey Parker
University of Texas at Austin - Department of Information, Risk and Operations Management and Dartmouth College
Downloads 193 (162,982)
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Supply Chain Integration, Outsourcing, Offshoring, Project Management, Product Development, Service Development, Software Development, Survey, Literature Review

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Platform Pricing and Investment to Drive Third Party Value Creation in Two-Sided Networks

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 27 Apr 2017
Burcu Tan, Edward G. Anderson and Geoffrey Parker
Tulane University, University of Texas at Austin - Department of Information, Risk and Operations Management and Dartmouth College
Downloads 184 (170,201)

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Two-Sided Markets, Network Externality, API, Application Programming Interface, Developers, Integration, Ecosystem

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Efficiency of Financial Transmission Rights Markets in Centrally Coordinated Periodic Auctions

Energy Economics, 2010
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 05 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 06 Sep 2012
Seabron Adamson, Thomas H. Noe and Geoffrey Parker
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Oxford - Said Business School and Dartmouth College
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Electricity markets, locational marginal pricing, financial transmission rights, market learning, transmission congestion contracts

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Integration and Cospecialization of Emerging Complementary Technologies by Startups

Production and Operations Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 13 Jun 2012
Edward G. Anderson and Geoffrey Parker
University of Texas at Austin - Department of Information, Risk and Operations Management and Dartmouth College
Downloads 160 (192,245)

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startups, entrepreneurship, complements, integration, learning curve, externalities, power storage, power generation, renewables

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Upstream Volatility in the Supply Chain: The Machine Tool Industry as a Case Study

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 04 Oct 2011
Edward G. Anderson, Charles H. Fine and Geoffrey Parker
University of Texas at Austin - Department of Information, Risk and Operations Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Dartmouth College
Downloads 155 (197,534)
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SUPPLY CHAIN, BUSINESS CYCLE, MANPOWER PLANNING, MACHINE TOOL, SYSTEM DYNAMICS, BOOM-BUST

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Distributed Energy Resources: New Markets and New Products

Proceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (2017), ISBN: 978-0-9981331-0-2
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 11 May 2017
Richard Tabors, Michael Caramanis, Elli Ntakou, Geoffrey Parker, Marshall W. Van Alstyne, Paul A Centolella and Rick Hornby
Tabors, Caramanis, Rudkevich, Boston University, Boston University, Dartmouth College, Boston University – Questrom School of Business, Tabors, Caramanis, Rudkevich and Tabors, Caramanis, Rudkevich
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platform, two-sided market, electric power, renewable, DER, distributed energy resources, locational marginal pricing

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The Effect of Learning on the Make/Buy Decision

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 04 Oct 2011
Edward G. Anderson and Geoffrey Parker
University of Texas at Austin - Department of Information, Risk and Operations Management and Dartmouth College
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LEARNING, INTEGRATION, LEARNING CURVE, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, VERTICAL INTEGRATION, MODULARITY, PRODUCT DESIGN

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How to Strengthen Ad Mail by Building a Digital Information Market

Office of Inspector General - Risk Analysis Research Center, USPS, RARC-Working Paper No. 14-002
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 12 Jan 2014
Marshall W. Van Alstyne, Geoffrey Parker and Tushar Shanker
Boston University – Questrom School of Business, Dartmouth College and Boston University - Department of Management Information Systems
Downloads 111 (255,928)

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Advertising, Coupons, QR Codes, Information Asymmetry, Marketing, Platforms

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Communication for Effective Response in the Emerging Disaster Relief Industry

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 23 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 16 Sep 2014
Ekundayo Shittu, Geoffrey Parker and Nancy Mock
The George Washington University, Dartmouth College and Tulane University
Downloads 105 (266,048)

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Information Theory, Organizational Design, Complex Adaptive Systems, Social Media, Boundary Spanning, Coordination, Emergency Response

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The Impact of Costliness, Competitive Importance, and Modularity of Investments on Outsourcing

Production and Operations Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 17 Mar 2014
Jovan Grahovac, Geoffrey Parker and Ekundayo Shittu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - College of Business, Dartmouth College and The George Washington University
Downloads 93 (288,387)

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Supply chain, modularity, competition, vertical integration

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Data Policy and Choices in Platforms

Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business Research Paper No. 3473606
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 30 Oct 2019
Hemant K. Bhargava, Olivier Rubel, Elizabeth J. Altman, Ramnik Arora, Jörn Boehnke, Kaitlin Daniels, Timothy Derdenger, Bryan Kirschner, Darin LaFramboise, Pantelis Loupos, Geoffrey Parker and Adithya Pattabhiramaiah
University of California, Davis, University of California, Davis - Graduate School of Management, University of Massachusetts Lowell, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Harvard University, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of California, Davis - Graduate School of Management, Dartmouth College and Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business
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platforms, data privacy, policy, monetization, choice

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Envelope Modeling of Renewable Resource Variability and Capacity

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 23 Jul 2013
Xiaoyue Jiang, Geoffrey Parker and Ekundayo Shittu
Tulane University, Dartmouth College and The George Washington University
Downloads 75 (328,650)

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Intermittency, Variability, Capacity, Smart-Grid, Envelope Modeling, Network Calculus, NetCal, Legendre Transform, Quality-of-Service Guarantee, Best-Effort

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Managing Distributed Product Development Projects: Integration Strategies for Time Zone and Language Barriers

Forthcoming, Information Systems Research
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 16 Aug 2017
Edward G. Anderson, Aravind Chandrasekaran, Alison Davis-Blake and Geoffrey Parker
University of Texas at Austin - Department of Information, Risk and Operations Management, The Ohio State University, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities and Dartmouth College
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design information systems, distributed product development, coordination barriers, integration mechanisms, empirical research, geographical distance, language difference, boundary spanners

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Multi-Attribute Procurement Auctions in the Presence of Satisfaction Risk

Posted: 14 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 14 May 2019
He Huang, Liming Liu, Geoffrey Parker, Yinliang (Ricky) Tan and Hongyan XU
Chongqing University, Lingnan University, Dartmouth College, Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business and Chongqing University - School of Economy and Business Administration

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Altruism or Shrewd Business? Implications of Technology Openness on Platform Innovations and Competition

Posted: 16 May 2016 Last Revised: 14 Oct 2019
He Huang, Geoffrey Parker, Yinliang (Ricky) Tan and Hongyan XU
Chongqing University, Dartmouth College, Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business and Chongqing University - School of Economy and Business Administration

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Economics of IS, IT Innovation Investment, Technology Openness, Platform Economy

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Strategies for Two Sided Markets

Harvard Business Review, Vol. October, 2006
Posted: 16 Mar 2014
Thomas R. Eisenmann, Geoffrey Parker and Marshall W. Van Alstyne
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit, Dartmouth College and Boston University – Questrom School of Business

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two sided markets, network effects, winner take all, multihoming, platforms, envelopment