Marshall Van Alstyne

Marshall is Professor of Information Systems and Chair of Information Systems at Boston University Questrom School of Business. He holds a B.A. in Computer Science from Yale University, a M.S. in Management and a PhD in Information Systems from MIT Sloan School.

Areas of Expertise:

• Network business models
• Information economics
• Statistics

Major Works:

• Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy—and How to Make Them Work for You. Parker, G., Van Alstyne, M., & Choudary, S. (2016)
• Pipelines, Platforms & The New Rules of Strategy — Harvard Business Review (2016); Van Alstyne, Parker, Choudary
• Two Sided Networks – A Theory of Information Product Design” Parker & Van Alstyne, Management Science 2005.

Connect:

Twitter: @InfoEcon

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