Strategy & Business Economics

Spring 2024

Faculty Organizers:  Marcel Preuss, Yi Chen, Sarah Wolfolds, Benjamin Leyden
Administrative Support: acsupport@cornell.edu

All presentations are held on Wednesdays from 11:40 a.m. – 12:55 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

DATE: February 7, 2024
SPEAKER: Raphael Boleslavsky, Indiana University
PRESENTATION: “Waiting for Fake News”
ROOM: B06 Sage

DATE: March 6, 2024
SPEAKER: Mariagiovanna Baccara, Washington University in St. Louis
PRESENTATION: “Research Waves”
ROOM: B06 Sage

DATE: March 11, 2024 -Monday
SPEAKER: Steve Tadelis, UC Berkeley
PRESENTATION: “Learning, Sophistication, and the Returns to Advertising: Implications for Differences in Firm Performance”
ROOM: *B08 Sage

DATE: March 20, 2024
SPEAKER: Ben Rosa, University of Michigan
PRESENTATION: “Fiscal Stimulus in the Highway Procurement Market”
ROOM: B06 Sage

DATE: April 17, 2024
SPEAKER: Özlem Bedre Defolie, European University Institute
PRESENTATION: “App Platform Model”
ROOM: B06 Sage

DATE: April 24, 2024 – Cancelled

DATE: May 1, 2024
SPEAKER: Yingni Guo, Northwestern University
PRESENTATION: “Robust Monopoly Regulation”
ROOM: B06 Sage


Fall 2023

Faculty Organizers:  Marcel Preuss, Yi Chen, Sarah Wolfolds, Benjamin Leyden
Administrative Support: acsupport@cornell.edu

All presentations are held on Wednesdays from 11:40 a.m. – 12:55 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

DATE: September 20, 2023
SPEAKER: Ben Leyden, Cornell University
PRESENTATION: Dialogue in Political Advertising: Evidence from US Political Campaigns 2012-2020
ROOM: 134 Sage Hall

DATE: September 27, 2023
SPEAKER: Michael Powell, Northwestern University
PRESENTATION: “Organizing Modular Production”
ROOM: 134 Sage Hall

DATE: October 18, 2023
SPEAKER: El Hadi Caoui, University of Toronto
PRESENTATION: “Network Diversity, Market Entry, and the Global
Internet Backbone”
ROOM: Mann 102

DATE: October 25, 2023
SPEAKER: Jeff Prince, Indiana University
PRESENTATION: “International Measurements of Data Privacy Preferences, with Implications for Business and Policy.”
ROOM: Mann 102

DATE: November 1, 2023
SPEAKER: Seleh Zakerinia, Cornell University PhD
PRESENTATION: “The Compounding Effect of Knowledge in Innovation Dynamics”
ROOM: Mann 102

DATE: November 17, 2023 (Friday)
SPEAKER: Amalia Miller, University of Virginia
PRESENTATION: “Algorithmic Bias and Historical Injustice: Race and Social Media Advertising”
ROOM: Mann 160

DATE: November 29, 2023
SPEAKER: Ananya Sen, Carnegie Mellon University
PRESENTATION: “The Value of External Data Capabilities for Search: Evidence from a Field Experiment”
ROOM: Mann 102

DATE: December 6, 2023
SPEAKER: Mike Andrews, UMBC
PRESENTATION: “Bar Talk: Informal Social Networks, Alcohol Prohibition, and Invention”
ROOM: Sage 333
TIME: 2:00 – 3:30 PM