Edispuut Meeting RSM Erasmus University

Description:
Date: Monday, 11 February 2008, 12:30 -- 17:00
Location: Room J1-33 (J building), RSM Erasmus University
Route description: http://www.rsm.nl/RSM2/About%20Us/Our%20Location/How%20to%20visit%20us
Program Agenda
12:30 - 13:00 Arriving, lunch
13:00 - 13:30 Presentation + 15min Discussion: Otto Koppius (RSM): European PhDs, American PhDs and the role of the Edispuut
Topic: "I will talk about the history and purposes of the Edispuut and from my experiences with both European and American PhD. education and their respective strengths and weaknesses, I will argue that the Edispuut has a specific, useful role to fulfill and discuss some ways as to how to achieve that function."
13: 45 - 14:00 Break
14:00 - 14:45 Mark de Reuver (TU Delft): Governance dynamics in value networks: A co-evolutionary perspective on next generation mobile services value networks
Abstract: While developing, rolling out and exploiting next generation mobile services, multiple actors have to work together in value networks, and their collective action has to be governed. The research researches how governance mechanisms change over time, by studying value networks co-evolve with their environment, their business model and the value network actors during subsequent phases of service development, roll-out and exploitation. To do so, we use survey and case studies. The presentation will focus on the design of the case studies, detailing its position in the overall research; case study selection; information sources and field procedures; and data analysis.
14:45 - 15:00 Break
15:00 - 15:45 Mirjam Schmidt (Maastricht University): B2C Advice on complex service products via video calls – the role of relationship and conversation style
Abstract: In the past, many face-to-face interactions between customers and service companies were replaced by online interactions. Faster internet connections allow to increase media richness of these interactions by e.g. using video calls. According to Social Presence theory, this should increase the feeling of “being together”. But is providing richer communication channels the only thing customers can do to increase Social Presence? We propose an experiment in which manipulate conversational style and existing relationship as other factors which could easily manipulated by a company and might increase Social Presence. (Experiment will take place from March 2008)
15:45 - 16:00 Break
16:00 - 16:45 ShengYun Yang (RSM): Information Architecture and the Performance of Information Markets
Abstract: An information market works through a double auction, in which there is a group of people buying and selling stocks. The stocks represent the potential outcomes of a certain subject to be predicted. The price of a certain stock represents the possibility that the certain outcome may happen. So in fact, an information market aggregates beliefs of dispersed individuals. Therefore, it can be applied in predictions, crisis management, and decision-makings.
However, referring to the financial market, accurate prediction is established on several assumptions, one of which is complete information, what other traders are doing in the market. Currently, this sort of market process information is very limited in the design of information market. A question then can be raised, if increased process information would influence the prediction of the market? In turn, I aim to investigate the impact of information architecture on the performance of information market. This presentation illustrates the motivation of my research, the main research questions, conceptual framework, and some questions left so far.
16:45 - 17:00 Some administrative issues and closing
17:00 - Drinks at Smitse