Workshop 2:
The Challenges of Platform Firms
Workshop programme [167 KB].
Day 1: March 16, 2021
4-7 PM CET / 8-11 AM PDT
Session 1 – Setting the stage: Why do platforms matter for labor?
08:00am-9:30am PDT, 4:00pm-5:30pm CET
Chair: John Zysman, UC Berkeley
Commentator: Martin Kenney, UC Davis
Presenter 1: Koen Frenken, Utrecht University
Presenter 2: Juliet Schor, Boston College
Session 2 – Work on the platform
9:30am-11:00am PDT, 5:30pm-7:00pm CET
Chair: Anke Hassel, Hertie School
Commentator: Kathleen Thelen, MIT
Presenter 1: Felix Sieker, Hertie School
Presenter 2: Anne Visser, UC Davis
Day 2: March 17, 2021
4-7 PM CET / 8-11 AM PDT
Session 3 – Platform firms and new business models: Challenging issues
08:00am-9:30am PDT, 4:00pm-5:30pm CET
Chair: Anke Hassel, Hertie School
Commentator: John Zysman, UC Berkeley
Presenter 1: Donato Cutolo & Martin Kenney, University of Bologna & UC Davis
Presenter 2: Mikko Hanninen, Nottingham University Business School
Presenter 3: Annabelle Gawer, University of Surrey
Session 4 – Platform firms and supply chains
9:30am-11:00am PDT, 5:30pm-7:00pm CET
Chair: Martin Kenney, UC Davis
Commentator: Guido Baltes, Innovation Growth Lab
Presenter 1: Florian Butollo, Weizenbaum Institute
Presenter 2: Thomas Gegenhuber & Elke Schüssler, Leuphana University & JKU Linz
Presenter 3: Philip Meier, HIIG
Day 3: March 24, 2021
4-7 PM CET / 8-11 AM PDT
Session 5 – Competition and regulatory policy
08:00am-11:00am PDT, 4:00pm-7:00pm CET
Chair: John Zysman, UC Berkeley
Commentator: Thomas Losse-Müller, EY
Commentator: Helena Malikova, DG Competition European Commission
Presenter 1: Petri Rouvinen, Avance
Presenter 2: John Cioffi, UC Riverside
Presenter 3: Thorsten Käseberg, BMWi