IV INTERTIC CONFERENCE ON COMPETITION IN HIGH-TECH MARKETS

University of Milan, Bicocca, Dept. of Economics, October 11-12, 2010      PROGRAM IN PDF

Speakers included: Richard Schmalensee (MIT, United States), Paul Belleflamme (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium), Renato Gomes (Northwestern University, United States), Emanuele Tarantino (TILEC and CentER, Tilburg University, Netherlands), Dominik Grafenhofer (Toulouse School of Economics, France), Tim Pohlmann (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany), Henry Delcamp (Mines ParisTech, CERNA, France), Lapo Filistrucchi (TILEC, Tilburg University, Netherlands), Elena Argentesi (University of Bologna), Luca Stanca (UMB), Stefan Behringer (University of Bonn, Germany), Khairy Jebsi (University of Sousse, Tunisia), Laura Pagani (UMB), Jan-Christian Tonon (Isto, University of Munich an IMPRS, Germany), Tobias Kretschmer (Isto, University of Munich an ifo, Germany), Kresimir Zigic and Olena Senyuta (Cerge, Prague, Czech Republic), Ivan Ledezma (Université Paris-Dauphine, France), Chokri Aloui (University of Sousse, Tunisia), H. Gottinger (Stratec, Munich, Germany), Helene Latzer (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium).....

The conference featured the IV Stackelberg Lecture

by Prof Richard Schmalensee (Massachusetts Instute of Technology, USA)
on “Aspects of Multi-sided Platforms”

Richard Schmalensee is the Howard W. Johnson Professor of Economics and Management and Director of the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research. He served as the John C Head III Dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management from 1998 through 2007. He was as a Member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers from 1989 through 1991 and Deputy Dean of MIT Sloan from 1996 through 1998. Professor Schmalensee is one of the fathers of modern Industrial Organization, author or co-author of 11 books and over 120 published articles, and co-editor of volumes I and II of the Handbook of Industrial Organization. His research has centered on industrial organization economics and its application to managerial and public policy issues, with particular emphasis on antitrust, regulatory, and environmental policies. His recent work has focused on multi-sided platform businesses, the topic of the IV Stackelberg Lecture.

Topics include theoretical and empirical papers on: online advertising, theory and evidence on competition for the market, innovation policy, markets with network effects, standardization & interoperability issues, standardization and industrial policy, economics of multi-sided markets, endogenous market structures for high-tech markets, competition policy for high-tech sectors.

 

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