Geoffrey G. Parker

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

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

Awards

• Thinkers50 Ranking, 2021 & 2023
• Winner, Antitrust Writing Awards: Academic Articles > Mergers, 2022
• INFORMS ISS Practical Impacts Award, 2021
• Antitrust Writing Award, 2021
• 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

• Digital Fellow, Stanford Digital Economy Lab
  
• Fellow, Luohan Academy
  
• Fellow and Visiting Scholar, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy
• Department Editor, Production and Operations Management

Selected Publications

• Joglekar, N, Parker, G., Srai J.S. (2024), "Why Manufacturers Need a Phased Approach to Digital Transformation." Sloan Management Review.
• Sun, G., Kim, Y., Tan, Y., Parker, G. (2023). "Dinner at Your Doorstep: Service Innovation via the Gig Economy on Food Delivery Platforms." Information Systems Research.
• Anderson Jr, E.G., Parker, G.G., & Tan, B. (2023). "Strategic investments for platform launch and ecosystem growth: A dynamic analysis." Journal of Management Information Systems, 40(3), 807-839.
• Anderson, E.G., Bhargava, H.K., Boehm, J., & Parker, G. (2022). "Electric Vehicles Are a Platform Business: What Firms Need to Know." California Management Review, 64(4), 135–154. https://doi.org/10.1177/000812
• Parker, G., G. Petropoulos, M. Van Alstyne. (2021). "Platform Mergers and Antitrust." Industrial and Corporate Change. https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtab048
• 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.
• Anderson, E., G. Parker, B. Tan (2014). "Platform Feature Investment in the Presence of Network Externalities." Information Systems Research, Vol. 25, No. 1.
• Eisenmann, T., G. Parker, M. Van Alstyne. (2011). "Platform Envelopment." Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 32.

Courses

• ENGG 390: Master of Engineering Management Project
• ENGM 204: Data Analytics Project Lab
• ENGM 190: Platform Design, Management, and Strategy
• ENGM 203: Product and Platform Management

Books

"Business Model Innovation and the Rise of Technology Giants" in Perspectives on Digital Humanism

Springer, 2021

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

Videos

News

Dartmouth and Indian Institute of Science Forge Partnership
May 23, 2025

Dartmouth Engineering Faculty Bring Expertise to CERAWeek
Apr 07, 2025

Geoffrey Parker Appointed Faculty Director of the Irving Institute for Energy and Society
Dec 12, 2024

Dartmouth Co-Hosts Arctic Event at Climate Week NYC
Sep 26, 2024

Dartmouth Expands Partnership with US Army Corps Labs
Jul 22, 2024

Dartmouth Cohort to Speak at CERAWeek Energy Conference
Mar 15, 2024

Geoffrey Parker Named to Thinkers50 2023 Ranking
Nov 13, 2023

Irving Institute Appoints Interim Faculty Director
Oct 26, 2023

How Will Generative AI Disrupt Video Platforms?
Mar 13, 2023

Data Science at Dartmouth
Dec 01, 2021

Geoffrey Parker Named to Thinkers50 2021 Ranking
Nov 24, 2021

Geoff Parker Provides Guidance on EU's Handling of Tech Platform Gatekeeper Companies
Feb 18, 2021

Kudos: Excellence in Engineering and Computer Science
Jul 14, 2020

Geoffrey Parker Wins Thinkers50 Award
Nov 19, 2019

Dartmouth to Offer New Professional Certificate in Data Science
Nov 11, 2019

The Four Biggest Challenges Digital Platforms Need to Address
Jul 22, 2019

Platforms and Blockchain Will Transform Logistics
Jul 04, 2019

How Platform Strategies Continue to Create Value
Sep 26, 2018

Energy 101: A Community-Wide Seminar Series Debuts This Fall
Sep 12, 2018

Data Ownership, Regulation, and Blockchain Dominate Platform Markets
Aug 15, 2018

The consumer data collection industry is about to explode
Jun 21, 2018

Top Courses at Tuck, According to Students
May 01, 2018

Platform Sprawl Leaves No Industry Behind
Jul 11, 2017

Geoff Parker: Designing a Leaner, More Reliable Energy Grid
May 12, 2016

Dartmouth Engineering Professor Co-Authors New Book on Networked Markets
Mar 28, 2016

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