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Geoffrey G. Parker

Professor of Engineering

Director, Master of Engineering Management Program

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geoffrey.g.parker@dartmouth.edu

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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

Parker, G., G. Petropoulos, M. Van Alstyne. (2021). "Platform Mergers and Antitrust." Industrial and Corporate Change. https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtab048
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.

Awards

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)