Part 1. Foundations
|
| Week |
Date |
Day |
Lecture
Topic |
Due |
| Week 1 |
8/29 |
M |
Introduction |
|
| |
8/31 |
W |
Economics of information goods, services,
platforms
|
|
| Week 2 |
9/5 |
M |
Labor Day -- No
Class
|
|
| |
9/7 |
W |
Economics of information goods, services,
platforms |
A1
|
| Week 3 |
9/12 |
M |
Business strategy: pricing |
|
| |
9/14
|
W |
Business strategy: versioning, bundling |
A2 |
| Week 4 |
9/19
|
M |
Business strategy: free, price conditioning |
|
| |
9/21
|
W |
Business strategy: competition |
|
| Week 5 |
9/26
|
M |
Business
strategy: complements |
A3
|
| |
9/28
|
W |
Business
strategy: platforms and two-sided markets |
|
| Week 6 |
10/3
|
M |
Industry structure: introduction, loci of
competition |
|
| |
10/5
|
W |
Industry structure: market power |
A4 |
| Week 7 |
10/10
|
M |
Industry structure: vertical control |
|
| |
10/12
|
W |
Industry structure: regulation, network neutrality
|
|
| Week 8 |
10/17
|
M |
Open
|
A5 |
Interlude: Economics
of Information
|
| Week |
Date |
Day |
Lecture
Topic |
Due |
| |
10/19
|
W |
Economics of information: value of information |
|
| Week 9 |
10/24
|
M |
Economics of information: information asymmetries |
|
Part 2. Patterns
|
| Week |
Date |
Day |
Lecture
Topic |
Due |
| |
10/26
|
W |
Long tail, search, recommendation |
P1 |
| Week 10 |
10/31
|
M |
Long tail, search, recommendation |
|
| |
11/2
|
W |
No Class
|
|
| Week 11 |
11/7
|
M |
No Class
|
|
| |
11/9
|
W |
Network cascades
|
|
| Week 12 |
11/14
|
M |
Network cascades |
|
| |
11/16
|
W |
Network structure, network formation |
|
| Week 13 |
11/21
|
M |
Peer production |
|
| |
11/23
|
W |
Peer production
|
|
| Week 14 |
11/28
|
M |
Interdependency, information security |
|
| |
11/30
|
W |
Interdependency, information security |
|
| Week 15 |
12/5
|
M |
RRR Week -- No
Class
|
|
| |
12/7
|
W |
RRR Week -- No
Class |
|
| Week 16 |
12/12
|
M |
Project 2 due
|
P2
|
