{"id":1128,"date":"2021-05-11T15:26:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T19:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dbi\/?page_id=1128"},"modified":"2021-05-18T14:19:34","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T18:19:34","slug":"platforms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dbi\/platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Should We Regulate Platforms?  How?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date: May 27, 2021<br \/>\nTime:  12:00pm -2:00pm Eastern Standard Time<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Join the conversation as a dozen of the world\u2019s top scholars and practitioners discuss how platforms such as Amazon, Facebook, Google and Tencent are affecting society and whether regulatory intervention is warranted. Speakers include the former Chief Economist for Microsoft, lead author of the U Chicago antitrust report, lead author of the EU antitrust report, and the review team for the EU Digital Markets Act.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Moderator: <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thinkers50.com\/biographies\/marshall-van-alstyne\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Marshall Van Alstyne<\/a><\/strong>, Questrom Professor in Management, Professor, Information Systems, Boston University Questrom School of Business<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsb.stanford.edu\/faculty-research\/faculty\/susan-athey\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Susan Athey<\/a><\/strong>, The Economics of Technology Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Business<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.compcom.co.za\/personnel\/tembinkosi-bonakele\/#:~:text=Mr%20Bonakele%20currently%20serves%20as,of%20Buffalo%20City%20Development%20Agency.\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Tembinkosi Bonakele<\/a><\/strong>, Commissioner, South African Competition Commission<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crai.com\/our-people\/cristina-caffarra\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Cristina Caffarra<\/a><\/strong>, Senior Consultant, Charles River Associates, Europe<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs.dk\/en\/research\/departments-and-centres\/department-of-strategy-and-innovation\/staff\/ccesi\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Carmelo Cennamo<\/a><\/strong>, Professor of Strategy &#038; Innovation, Copenhagen Business School<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tse-fr.eu\/people\/jacques-cremer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jacques Cr\u00e9mer<\/a><\/strong>, Professor of Economics, Toulouse School of Economics<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profile\/andrei-hagiu\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Andrei Hagiu<\/a><\/strong>, Dean\u2019s Research Scholar, Associate Professor of Information Systems, Boston University Questrom School of Business<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbs.edu\/faculty\/Pages\/profile.aspx?facId=6482\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Marco Iansiti<\/a><\/strong>, David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.london.edu\/faculty-and-research\/faculty-profiles\/j\/jacobides-m-g\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Jacobides<\/a><\/strong>, Sir Donald Gordon Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, London Business School<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.dartmouth.edu\/community\/faculty\/geoffrey-parker\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Geoffrey Parker<\/a><\/strong>, Professor of Engineering, Dartmouth Engineering<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/som.yale.edu\/faculty\/fiona-m-scott-morton\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Fiona Scott-Morton<\/a><\/strong>, Theodore Nierenberg Professor of Economics, Yale University School of Management<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.ufl.edu\/faculty\/d-daniel-sokol\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Sokol<\/a><\/strong>, Huber C. 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