| LEC # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction: Versioning and Price Discrimination | |
| 2 | Pricing Information | Two-page analysis due |
| 3 | Search and Competition I | |
| 4 | Search and Competition II | Two-page analysis due |
| 5 | Reputation, Trust and Recommender Systems | |
| 6 | Economics of Networks, Standards and Lock-In | Two-page analysis due Paper proposal due 1 week after lecture 6 |
| 7 | IT and Productivity | Two-page analysis due |
| 8 | The Principal-Agent Model of the Firm | |
| 9 | Managerial Views of the Firm | Two-page analysis due |
| 10 | Incomplete Contracts and Firm Boundaries | Draft paper due |
| 11 | Student Presentations | ICIS submission deadline 3 days after lecture 11 |
| 12 | Student Presentations (cont.) | |
| 13 | The Future of the Information Economy | Final paper due |