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学术活动
1.活动时间：2019年1月9日（周三）9:30-11:30
2.活动地点：天津大学第25教学楼C412
3.活动主题：APP的溢出效应测量：基于因果图算法 How Mega is the Mega? Measuring the Spillover Effects of WeChat by Machine Learning and Econometrics
4.活动内容：
WeChat, an instant messaging APP, is considered a mega APP due to its dominance in terms of use among Chinese smartphone users. Little is known, however, about its externality in the broader APP market. This work estimates the spillover effects of WeChat on the other Top-50 most frequently used APPs in China, using users’ weekly APP usage data. Given the challenge of determining causal inference from observational data, we apply a graphical model and an econometric method to estimate the spillover effects in two steps: (1) we determine the causal structure by estimating a partially ancestral diagram, using a Fast Causal Inference (FCI) algorithm; and (2) given the causal structure, we find a valid adjustment set and estimate the causal effects by an econometric model with the adjustment set for controlling non-causal effects. Our findings show that the spillover effects of WeChat are limited; in fact, only two other APPs, Tencent News and Taobao, receive positive spillover effects from WeChat. In addition, we show that, if researchers fail to account for the causal structure that is determined from the graphical model, it is easy to fall into the trap of confounding bias and ion bias when estimating causal effects. The findings generate managerial implications in terms of APPusage patterns, strategic management of mega APPs on an APP platform, andAPP promotional strategies for APP platform managers and APP developers.

5.主讲人介绍:

窦一凡：复旦大学管理学院信息管理与信息系统系副教授。2007年毕业于清华大学经管学院，获管理学学士学位；2012年毕业于清华大学经管学院管理科学工程专业，获管理学博士学位。窦一凡的主要研究兴趣是与信息产品相关的经济学问题，如信息产品的定价策略、平台模式的定价和协调问题等。窦一凡的研究工作先后发表Information System Research、European Journal of Operational Research、管理科学学报等国内外知名学术期刊上，并入选ESI高被引论文。窦一凡曾获得Management Science的优秀reviewer服务奖，并于2018年获得国家自然科学基金优秀青年基金项目资助。

校友活动
1.活动时间：2019年1月12日（周六）15:00-21:00
2.活动地点：深圳市南山区高北十六创意园里空间
3.活动主题：天津大学深圳EMBA同学会2019年年会
4.活动内容：此次活动由天津大学深圳EMBA同学会主办，因大部分深圳EMBA校友没有参加过学位授予仪式，EMBA深圳同学会特申请于2019年年会期间在深圳举行一次EMBA学位授予仪式，有60余名校友参加本次学位授予仪式。