- Research
Program Areas
Research Activity
Geoffrey G. Parker
Professor of Engineering
Director, Master of Engineering Management Program
Education
- BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Princeton University 1986
- MS, Electrical Engineering (Technology and Policy Program), MIT 1993
- PhD, Management Science (Operations Management, Statistics), MIT 1998
Research Interests
Data analytics; platform economics & strategy; intellectual property; core operations; product innovation & development; outsourcing & supply chain strategy; energy economics, policy, strategy, innovation, market structure & performance
Selected Publications
- Henfridsson, O., P. Hukal, G. Parker, M. Shaikh (2020). "Platform Signaling for Generating Platform Content." MIS Quarterly.
- Anderson, E.G., G. Parker, B. Tan, (2020). "Platform Pricing and Investment to Drive Third Party Value Creation in Two-Sided Networks." Information Systems Research.
- Parker, G., B. Tan, O. Kazan (2019). "Electric Power Industry: Operational and Public Policy Challenges and Opportunities." Production and Operations Management.
- Parker, G., M. Van Alstyne (2018). "Innovation, Openness, and Platform Control." Management Science.
- Parker, G., M. Van Alstyne. X. Jiang (2017). "Platform Ecosystems: How Developers Invert the Firm." MIS Quarterly.
- M. Van Alstyne, Parker, G., S. Choudary (2016). "Pipelines, Platforms, and the New Rules of Strategy." Harvard Business Review.
- Jiang, X., G. Parker, E. Shittu (2015). "Envelope Modeling of Renewable Resource Variability and Capacity." Computers and Operations Research.
- Grahovac, J., G. Parker, E. Shittu. (2015). "The Impact of Costliness, Competitive Importance, and Modularity of Investments on Outsourcing." Production and Operations Management. Vol. 24, No. 3.
- Anderson, E., G. Parker, B. Tan (2014). "Platform Feature Investment in the Presence of Network Externalities." Information Systems Research. Vol. 25, No. 1.
- Anderson, E., G. Parker (2013). "Integration of Global Knowledge Networks." Production and Operations Management. Vol. 22, No. 6.
- Eisenmann, T., G. Parker, M. Van Alstyne. (2011). "Platform Envelopment." Strategic Management Journal. Vol. 32.
- Adamson, S., T. Noe, G. Parker (2010). "Efficiency of Financial Transmission Rights Markets in Centrally-Coordinated Periodic Auctions." Energy Economics. Vol. 32, No. 4.
Awards
- Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) Fellow Award, 2020
- Thinkers50 Digital Thinking Award, 2019
- Best Paper Award, Management Science IS Dept, 2019 (Innovation, Openness, and Platform Control)
- Top 10 Harvard Business Review Must-Reads, 2017; Top 10 Harvard Business Review Must-Reads for Business Models, 2019 (Pipelines, platforms, and the new rules of strategy, 2016)
- Top Ten Course, Tuck School of Business, 2018 (Platform Design, Management, and Strategy)
- Best Paper Award, MIS Quarterly, 2017 (Platform Ecosystems: How Developers Invert the Firm)
- Golden Book Award Best Business Book, 2016 (Platform Revolution, Mandarin edition)
- All Time Top 50 Harvard Business Review article (Strategies for Two-Sided Markets)
Professional Activities
- Research Fellow, The MIT Center for Digital Business
- Department Editor, Production and Operations Management
Courses
Videos
Accenture Digital Thinking Award Winners Marshall Van Alstyne and Geoff Parker
Geoff Parker at the 2018 Platform Economy Summit Europe
Seminar: How the Platform Revolution Might Reshape the Electric Power Industry
How Platforms are Eating the World and What to Do About IT?
The Rise of Digital Platforms
MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy
Books
Operations Management For Dummies
Wiley, 2013
Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy and How to Make Them Work for You
W. W. Norton & Company, 2016
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