| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The economics of information | |
| 2 |
Sermo Guest speaker: Dan Palestrant | Sermo one-pager due |
| 3 | Differential pricing, signaling and screening | |
| 4 | Bundling and aggregation | Bundling exercise due |
| 5 |
Search and competition Guest speaker: Gregg Gordon | Project group lists due |
| 6 |
Two-sided networks: eBay Guest speaker: Neel Sundaresan | eBay one-pager due |
| 7 |
Pricing at zero Guest speaker: Chris Anderson | Project proposal due |
| 8 |
Amazon Guest speaker: Jeff Wilke | Amazon one-pager due |
| 9 |
Targeted advertising: Google Guest speaker: Hal Varian | |
| 10 | Measurement, analytics and experimentation | |
| 11 | The long tail |
Project progress report due Long tail one-pager due |
| 12 |
Deep QA and knowledge work Guest speaker: David Ferrucci | |
| 13 | Midterm exam | |
| 14 | Wikipedia | |
| 15 |
Enterprise 2.0 Guest speaker: Andrew McAfee |
Project slides due Project option 2 blog post due |
| 16 |
Open source and innovation Guest speaker: Eugene Lee | Project presentations begin (Ses #16-22) |
| 17 | Experimentation, replication and innovation | Experimentation one-pager due |
| 18 | Digital advantage | |
| 19 | Social networks | |
| 20 |
Information analytics Guest speaker: Gary Loveman | |
| 21 | Student presentations | |
| 22 | Emerging electronic markets | Emerging electronic markets one-pager due |
| 23 | Future of information economy | Project report due |