Symplatform is a symposium on digital platforms, that brings scholars from all management disciplines and industry leaders to foster discussions and define the past, present and future evolution of the digital platform economy.

The aim of Symplatform is:

• Sharing knowledge and collaboration between scholars in the field from various perspectives (management, innovation, marketing, IT, human resources, and all other fields impacted by digital platforms) presenting and discussing papers.

• Discuss with and involve managers and entrepreneurs in the conversation, bringing forth their perspectives to guide future research and have a real-world impact.

Bridging the gap between these two sides creates a knowledge sharing platform where traditional papers, presentations, and keynotes speeches are enriched by collaborative workshops that bring scholars and managers together.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Please send your extended abstract (up to 1000 words, presenting the goal of the research, the methodology, preliminary results and tentative theoretical and practical contributions). Last date for submission is Jan 31st 2021. Full papers are due on May 1st, 2021.

Indicative List of Topics

• Digital business models
• Multi-sided market
• Managing the value proposition
• Marketing on digital platforms
• Managing supply chain for digital platforms
• Platforms for the government and the voluntary sector
• Privacy and ethics on the digital platforms 
• Sharing economy

Organising Committee

• Laurent Muzellec, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
• Tommaso Buganza, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Milano
• Sébastien Ronteau, Associate Professor, Audencia
• Daniel Trabucchi, Assistant Professor,Politecnico di Milano
• Deepak Saxena, Assistant Professor, Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani

Publication

We are in talks with reputed journal on publishing the special issue based on the paper presented in Symplatform-2. Please note that the papers will go through another round of reviews as per journal policy. 

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to daniel.trabucchi@polimi.it

Sponsors

It is a joint project developed by Trinity Centre of Digital Busienss, Politecnico di Milano School of Management, and Audencia Business School.