Sloan Working Papers: Recent submissions

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    • Innovation, Openness, and Platform Control 

      Parker, Geoffrey; Van Alstyne, Marshall (Cambridge, MA; Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007-12-31)
      We explore innovation, openness, and the duration of intellectual property protection in markets characterized by platforms and their ecosystems of complementary applications. We find that competition among application ...

    • Can Healthcare IT Save Babies? 

      Tucker, Catherine; Miller, Amalia (Cambridge, MA; Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008-01-01)
      The US has a higher infant mortality rate than most other developed nations. Electronic medical records (EMR) and other healthcare information technology (IT) improvements could reduce that rate, by standardizing treatment ...

    • Networks, Information & Social Capital 

      Aral, Sinan; Van Alstyne, Marshall (Cambridge, MA; Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008-01-26)
      This paper investigates how information flows enable social networks to constitute social capital. By analyzing the information content encoded in email communication in an executive recruiting firm, we examine the long ...