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Geoffrey G. Parker

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

Teaching

• ENGM 182: Data Analytics
• ENGM 190: Platform Design, Management, and Strategy
• ENGG 390: Master of Engineering Management Project

Books

Selected Publications

• Parker, G., M. Van Alstyne (in press). “Innovation, Openness, and Platform Control.” Management Science.
• Parker, G., M. Van Alstyne. X. Jiang (in press). “Platform Ecosystems: How Developers Invert the Firm.” MIS Quarterly.
• Richard Tabors, Michael Caramanis, Elli Ntakou, Geoffrey Parker, Marshall Van Alstyne, Paul Centolella, Rick Hornby (2016), “Distributed Energy Resources: New Markets and New Products.” Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.
• M. Van Alstyne, Parker, G., S. Choudary (2016). “Pipelines, Platforms, and the New Rules of Strategy.” Harvard Business Review.
• Shittu, E., X. Jiang, G. Parker (2015). “Energy Technology Investments in Competitive and Regulatory Environments,” Environment, Systems and Decisions.
• 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.
• Amaral, J., E. Anderson, G. Parker. (2011) “How to Succeed in Distributed Product Development.” Sloan Management Review. Vol. 52, No. 2 (Winter).
• 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

• Top Ten Course (Platforms), Tuck School of Business, 2018
• Best Paper Award, MIS Quarterly, 2017
• Golden Book Award Best Business Book: Platform Revolution (Mandarin edition), 2016
• Wick Skinner Early Career Research Accomplishments Award, Production & Operations Management Society, 2003

Professional Activities

• Research Fellow, The MIT Center for Digital Business
• Member, GE Africa Learning Advisory Board
• Department Editor, Production and Operations Management

News

• With an eye on rising rents, cities start to regulate Airbnb
  The Christian Science Monitor
  September 26, 2018

• How Platform Strategies Continue to Create Value
  MIT Sloan Management Review
  September 24, 2018

• Energy 101: A Community-Wide Seminar Series Debuts This Fall
  Dartmouth News
  September 11, 2018

• Data Ownership, Regulation, and Blockchain Dominate Platform Markets
  MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy
  July 16, 2018

• The consumer data collection industry is about to explode
  The Hill
  June 19, 2018

• Do platforms work?
  Aeon
  May 28, 2018

• Top Courses at Tuck, According to Students
  Tuck Communications
  April 18, 2018

• What Will the End of Net Neutrality Mean for the Future of the Internet?
  Vermont Public Radio
  December 13, 2017

• Dartmouth professors seek to revolutionize the energy grid
  NH Business Review
  July 27, 2017

• Platform Sprawl Leaves No Industry Behind
  MIT Sloan Management Review
  July 7, 2017

• Q&A: Platform Sprawl Leaves No Industry Behind
  MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy
  June 28, 2017

• The Platform-Revolution
  Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung
  April 23, 2017

• Investing in a ‘Winner Take All’ Economy
  The Wall Street Journal
  April 9, 2017

• Using data to grow new platform businesses
  TM Forum
  March 17, 2017

• The Whatchamacallit Economy
  The New York Times
  December 16, 2016

• The Coming Platform Revolution in Financial Markets
  Trading Technologies
  November 1, 2016

• 2016’s Most & Least Energy-Expensive States
  WalletHub
  July 19, 2016

• Out to Lunch
  It's New Orleans
  June 30, 2016

• Geoff Parker: Designing a Leaner, More Reliable Energy Grid
  Dartmouth Now
  May 10, 2016

• The Platform Revolution
  33voices
  March 29, 2016

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

• Pipelines, Platforms, and the New Rules of Strategy
  Harvard Business Review
  March 23, 2016

In Dartmouth Engineer Magazine

• 150 Thayer Gifts to the World: Part 1
  Web Extra, December 2017

• Uber for Energy
  Web Extra, March 2017

• Kudos
  Web Extra, August 2016

• New Faculty
  Winter 2016

Video

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

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