TEIS 2016 Program

Costa Rica. March 18-21. JW Marriot Guanacaste

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We thank the INFORMS Information Systems Society and the Georgia Tech's Scheller College of Business for financial support. We also thank INCAE Business School for logistics support.

Friday (March 18, 2016)
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Opening remarks & roundtable discussion (Tabacón III Ballroom)
Saturday (March 19, 2016)
7:45 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Breakfast (Conf. Center Courtyard)
8:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Presentations 1 & 2 (Tabacón III Ballroom)
  1. Chris Dellarocas, Boston University. Manipulating Reviews in Dark Net Markets to Reduce Crime. Discussant: Antino Kim, University of Washington
2. Jianqing Chen, University of Texas at Dallas. Online Advertising, Retailer Platform Openness, and Long Tail Sellers. Discussant: Subodha Kumar, Texas A&M
10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Coffee Break (Conf. Center Courtyard)
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Presentation 3 (Tabacón III Ballroom)
3. Amit Basu. Southern Methodist University. Search and Authentication in Online Matching Markets. Discussant: Alberto Trejos, INCAE Business School
12:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch (Sabanero Restaurant)
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Presentations 4 & 5 (Tabacón III Ballroom)
  4. De Liu, University of Minnesota. New Privacy-Preserving Ascending Auction for Assignment Problems. Discussant: Srinivasan Raghunathan, University of Texas at Dallas
5. Rajiv Mukherjee, Southern Methodist University. Platform Preannouncement Strategies: A Duopoly of Two-Sided Markets. Discussant: Lizhen Xu, Georgia Institute of Technology
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Coffee Break (Conf. Center Courtyard)
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Presentation 6 (Tabacón III Ballroom)
6. Xianjun Geng, University of Texas at Dallas. Bloatware and Jailbreaking: How Consumer-Initiated Modification Interacts with Product Pricing. Discussant: Dmitry Zhdanov, University of Connecticut.
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Dinner (Avellanas Terrace)
Sunday (March 20, 2016)
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast (Sabanero Restaurant)
8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Presentations 7 & 8 (Capilla Ballroom)
  7. Thomas Weber, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL). Advances in the Theory of Sharing: A Dynamic Approach. Discussant: Rajiv Dewan, University of Rochester
  8. Jane Feng, City University of Hong Kong. Does Money Talk? The Impact of Monetary Incentive on UGC Contribution. Discussant: Young Kwark, University of Florida
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Coffee Break (Sabanero Restaurant)
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Presentation 9 (Capilla Ballroom)
  9. Lin Hao, University of Notre Dame. Facilitate Fit Revelation in a Distribution Channel. Discussant: Joe Vithayathil, Washington State University
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch (Sabanero Restaurant)
Monday (March 21, 2016)
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Concluding remarks & roundtable discussion (Tabacón III Ballroom)