Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Second Workshop on “Marketplace Innovation” June 15, 2016 NYU Stern

Marketplace Innovation Workshop


Second Workshop on “Marketplace Innovation”

June 15, 2016
NYU Stern
In conjunction with the 2016 Informs Revenue Management Conference
Organized by Ramesh Johari, Ilan Lobel, Costis Maglaras, and Gabriel Weintraub


8:30 – 9:00 AM: REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST
9:00 – 9:15 AM: INTRODUCTION
Dean Peter Henry, NYU Stern School of Business
9:15 – 10:15 AM: SESSION 1: KEYNOTE ADDRESS
“Kidney Exchange: Where We Are and Where We May Be Going,”
Alvin Roth, Craig and Susan McCaw Professor of Economics and
2012 Nobel Memorial Prize Recipient in Economic Sciences,
Stanford University
10:15 – 10:30 AM: BREAK
10:30 – 12:00 PM: SESSION 2: RIDE-SHARING AND ON-DEMAND PLATFORMS
Talks: “Operations in the On-Demand Economy: Staffing Services with
Self-Scheduling Capacity,” Martin Lariviere, John L. and Helen
Kellogg Professor of Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences,
Kellogg School of Management
“Surge Pricing at Uber,” Garrett Van Ryzin, Head of Dynamic
Pricing Research, Uber; Paul M. Montrone Professor of Private
Enterprise, Columbia Business School
“Smarter Tools for (Citi)Bike Sharing,” David Shmoys,
Laibe/Acheson Professor of Business Management and Leadership,
Cornell University
12:00 – 1:30 PM: LUNCH (ROOM 5-50, 5TH FLOOR)
2
1:30 – 2:30 PM: SESSION 3: EMPIRICS OF PRICING
Talks: “Monitoring Costs and the Design of Online Marketplaces,”
Kostas Bimpikis, Associate Professor of Operations, Information
and Technology, Stanford GSB
“Price Floors and Preferences: Evidence from a Minimum Wage
Experiment,” John Horton, Assistant Professor of Information,
Operations and Management Sciences, NYU Stern School of Business
2:30 – 2:45 PM: BREAK
2:45 – 4:15 PM: SESSION 4: TRUST AND REVIEWS
Talks: “The Welfare Impact of Consumer Reviews: A Case Study of the
Hotel Industry,” Greg Lewis, Senior Researcher, Microsoft
“Provably Trustworthy Dark Pools,” David Parkes,
George F. Colony Professor of Computer Science and Area Dean for
Computer Science, Harvard University
“The Effect of Online Reviews on Physician Demand: A
Structural Model of Patient Choice,” Mor Armony,
Associate Professor of Information, Operations, & Management
Sciences, NYU Stern School of Business
4:15 – 4:45 PM: BREAK
4:45 – 5:45 PM: SESSION 5: DIGITAL ADVERTISING AND AUCTIONS
Talks: “Online Mechanisms for Repeated Auctions and Ad Selection,”
Vahab Mirrokni, Principal Researcher, Google
“Bundling Over Time and Martingale Auctions,” Santiago
Balseiro, Assistant Professor, Decision Sciences, Duke University

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