Timothy Simcoe
David J. McGrath Jr. Professor in Strategy & Innovation
Professor, Strategy and Innovation
Department Chair, Strategy and Innovation
Professor Simcoe’s research covers topics in innovation, technology, intellectual property and corporate strategy. He is an expert in the area of standards and standards development. He has consulted for major corporations in the information technology sector. In 2014-15, Professor Simcoe served as a Senior Economist on President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers. He has previously worked at the University of Toronto and Ernst & Young LLP.
Tim Simcoe received his A.B. in Applied Math and Economics from Harvard University, and he also holds an M.A. in Economics and a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley. He is a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and an editor at several journals, including Management Science.
Education
PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 2004
MA, University of California, Berkeley, 2003
AB, Harvard College, 1996
Selected Research Presentations
Simcoe, T. Learning When to Quit: An Empirical Model of Experimentation in Standards Development, Max Planck Institute for Competition and Innovation Seminar, 2023
Simcoe, T. Research and/or Development: Financial Frictions and Innovation Investment, LUISS Applied Economics Seminar, 2023
Simcoe, T. Innovation and Appropriability: Revisiting the Role of Intellectual Property, NBER Summer Institute, 2023
Simcoe, T. Patenting Inventions or Inventing Patents? Continuation Practice at the USPTO, UT Austin Empirical IP Law Conference, University of Texas, Austin, 2023
Simcoe, T. Research and/or Development: Financial Frictions and Innovation Investment, Taiwan Symposium on Innovation Economics, 2023
Simcoe, T. Ecosystems and Complementary Platforms, U.S. Federal Trade Commission Microeconomics Workshop, Washington, DC, 2022
Simcoe, T. Ecosystems and Complementary Platforms, International Industrial Organization Conference, Boston, MA, 2022
Simcoe, T. Learning When to Quit: An Empirical Model of Experimentation in Standards Development, UCLA Innovation Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles, 2022
Simcoe, T. Learning When to Quit: An Empirical Model of Experimentation in Standards Development, Harvard Business School Digitization Initiative Seminar, Harvard Business School, 2022
Simcoe, T. Staggered Diff-in-Diffs for Strategy Research, Utah Winter Strategy Conference, 2022
Simcoe, T. Complementary Platforms, Toulouse School of Economics Platform Seminar, 2021
Simcoe, T. Patenting Inventions or Inventing Patents? Strategic Use of Continuations at the USPTO, Tilberg Law and Economics Standards and Patents Conference, 2021
Simcoe, T. Complementary Platforms, Questrom Platform Strategy Research Symposium, BU Questrom School of Business, 2021
Simcoe, T. Patenting Inventions or Inventing Patents? Continuation Practice at the USPTO, USPTO Office of the Chief Economist Seminar, 2021
Simcoe, T. Antitrust Implications of Empirical Research on Standard Essential Patents, EU Directorate General for Competition Economics Seminar, 2021
Simcoe, T. Does Earnings Management Matter for Strategy Research?, University of Michigan Ross School of Business Strategy Seminar, 2021
Publications
Righi, C., Simcoe, T. (In Press). “Patent Examiner Specialization”, SSRN Electronic Journal
Simcoe, T., Leiponen, A., Kenney, M., Blind, K. (2023). “Standards and Innovation: A review and Introduction to the Special Issue”, Research Policy, 52` (8)
Righi, C., Simcoe, T. (2023). “Patenting Inventions or Inventing Patents? Continuation Practice at the USPTO”, RAND Journal of Economics, 54 (3), 416-442
Blind, K., Kenney, M., Leiponen, A., Simcoe, T. (2023). “Standards and innovation: A review and introduction to the special issue”, Research Policy, 52 (8), 104830-104830
Bekkers, R., Catalini, C., Martinelli, A., Righi, C., Simcoe, T. (2023). “Disclosure Rules and Declared Essential Patents”, Research Policy, 52 (1)
Simcoe, T., Li, X. (2021). “Competing or Complementary Labels? Estimating Spillovers in Chinese Green Building Certification.”, Strategic Management Journal, 42 (13), 2451-2476
Simcoe, T., Watson, J. (2019). “Forking, Fragmentation, and Splintering”, Strategy Science, 4 (4), 283-297
Catillon, M., Gertler, P., Simcoe, T. (2019). “Who Benefits Most in Disease Management Programs?: Improving Target Efficiency”, Health Economics, 28 (2), 189-203
Simcoe, T., Toffel, M. (2018). “Environmental Platform LEEDership at USGBC”, HBS Press
Goldfarb, B., King, A., Simcoe, T. (2018). “Heritability of Trust and Distrust Remains Unknown.”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115 (10), E2149-E2150
Simcoe, T., Righi, C. (2017). Standards, patents and innovation.”Handbook of Innovation and Standards”, Edward Elgar Publishing
Simcoe, T. (2017). How to Make and Keep a Patent Pledge. In , Contreras, J., M, Jacob. (Eds.), “Patent Pledges: Global Perspectives on Patent Law’s Private Ordering Frontier”, Edward Elgar 285-290
Simcoe, T., Shampine, A. (2017). Economics of patents and standardization: network effects, hold-up, hold-out, stacking.”The Cambridge Handbook of Technical Standardization Law: Competition, Antitrust, and Patents”, Cambridge University Press
Contreras, J., Biddle, B., Chien, C., Knebel, D., Lemley, M., Lim, D., Love, B., Menell, P., Miller, J., Simcoe, T., Vertinsky, L., Winston, E. (2016). “Comments of Law and Business Scholars Submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission Regarding a Proposed Update to the Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property”, University of Utah College of Law Research Paper (182)
Simcoe, T. (2015). Modularity and the Evolution of the Internet.”Economic Analysis of the Digital Economy”, University of Chicago Press
Simcoe, T. (2014). “Governing the Anti-commons: Institutional Design for Standard Setting Organizations”, University of Chicago Press, 14 99-128
Agrawal, A., Graham, S., Rysman, M., Simcoe, T. (2014). “Industry standards, intellectual property, and innovation: Introduction to the special issue”, International Journal of Industrial Organization (36), 1-3
Simcoe, T., Rawley, E. (2013). “Information, Knowledge and Asset Ownership in Taxicab Fleets”, Organization Science, 3 (24), 831-845
Rawley, E., Simcoe, T. (2013). “Information Technology, Productivity, and Asset Ownership: Evidence from Taxicab Fleets”, Organization Science, 24 (3), 831-845
Simcoe, T., Farrell, J. (2012). Four Paths to Compatibility.”The Oxford Handbook of the Digital Economy”, Oxford University Press 34-58
Muzyrya, Y., Simcoe, T. (2012). “Standardization and the Cost of Using Knowledge”, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2012 (1), 17325-17325
Bekkers, R., Catalini, C., Martinelli, A., Simcoe, T. (2011). “Showcase: A database for standards and patents”, 2011 7th International Conference on Standardization and Innovation in Information Technology (SIIT), 90 1-10
Rysman, M., Simcoe, T. (2011). “A NAASTy alternative to RAND pricing commitments”, Telecommunications Policy, 35 (11), 1010-1017
Simcoe, T., Graham, S., Feldman, M. (2009). “Competing on Standards? Entrepreneurship, Intellectual Property, and Platform Technologies”, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 18 (3), 775-816
Simcoe, T., Waguespack, D., Fleming, L. (2008). “What’s in a (Missing) Name? Status and Signaling in Open Standards Development”, NET Institute Working Paper (08)
Rawley, E., Simcoe, T. (2008). “Horizontal Diversification and Vertical Contracting: Firm Scope and Asset Ownership in Taxi Fleets”, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2008 (1), 1-6
Rysman, M., Simcoe, T. (2008). “Patents and the performance of voluntary standard-setting organizations”, Management science, 54 (11), 1920-1934
Simcoe, T. (2007). “Intellectual property and compatibility standards: A primer”, First Monday
Rysman, M., Simcoe, T. (2007). “Network Operators’ Requirements and the Structure of Telecommunications Standards”, International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research, 5 (1), 103-117
Mehta, A., Rysman, M., Simcoe, T. (2007). “Identifying the Age Profile of Patent Citations”, Boston University-Department of Economics
Simcoe, T. (2007). Delay and de jure Standardization: Exploring the Slowdown in Internet Standards Development.”Standards and Public Policy”, Cambridge University Press 260-295
Rysman, M., Simcoe, T. (2005). “Evaluating the performance of standard setting organizations with patent data”, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Standardization and Innovation in Information Technology 195-205
Rysman, M., Simcoe, T. (2005). “Evaluating the performance of standard setting organizations with patent data.”, SIIT 184-194
Mathaisel, B., Simcoe, T. (1995). “Alliance ecology: A key to multimedia strategic success”, PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST USENIX WORKSHOP OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE 189-208