Milan Miric

Assistant Professor,

Department of Data Science & Operations,

Marshall School of Business,

University of Southern California

(mmiric@marshall.usc.edu)

About Me

I am an Assistant Professor in Information Systems at the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business. I completed my PhD at Copenhagen Business School. I study innovation in digital markets, platform strategy, innovation in online marketplaces, human capital in technology industries and the development of artificial intelligence.

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JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:

Miric, M., Boudreau, K. and Jeppesen, L.B. (2019) Protecting their Digital Assets: The Use of Formal and Informal Appropriability Strategies by App Developers. Research Policy, 48(8),1307-1320.

Miric, M. and Jeppesen, L. B. (2020) Does Piracy Lead to Product Abandonment or Stimulate New Product Development?: Evidence from Platform-Based Developer Firms. Strategic Management Journal, 41(12), 2155-2184.
- Featured: Strategy + Business Blog (link), Talking about Platforms Podcast (link)

Miric, M., Pagani, M. and El Sawy, O. (2021) When and Who Do Platform Companies Acquire? Understanding the Role of Acquisitions in the Growth of Platform Companies, MIS Quarterly, 45(4), 2159-2174.
- Featured: LSE Business Review (link)
- Pre-Publication Version (link)

Boudreau, K., Jeppesen L.B. and Miric, M. (2021) Competing on Freemium: Digital competition with Network Effects. Strategic Management Journal, 43(7), 1374-1401.
- Featured: SMS Blog (link), Phys.org (link)

Boudreau, K., Jeppesen L.B. and Miric, M. (2022) Profiting from Digital Innovation: Patents, Copyright and Performance. Research Policy , 51(5), 104477.

Miric, M., Jia, N. and Huang, K. (2023) Using Supervised Machine Learning for Large-Scale Classification In Management Research: The Case For Identifying Artificial Intelligence Patents. Strategic Management Journal, 44(2), 491-519.
- Paper Companion Website - Code & Data (link)

Miric, M., Yin, P.L. and Fehder, D. (2023). Population-Level Evidence of the Gender Gap in Technology Entrepreneurship. Strategy Science, 8(1), 62-84.

Miric, M., Ozalp, H., and Yilmaz, D. (2022) Trade-offs to using standardized tools: Innovation enablers or creativity constraints? Strategic Management Journal, 44(2), 491-519.

Yilmaz, E.D., Naumovska, I., Miric, M.(2022) Does imitation increase or decrease demand for an original product? Understanding the opposing effects of discovery and substitution. Strategic Management Journal, 44(3), 639-671.

Miric, M., Jeppesen, L.B. (2023) How does competition influence innovative effort within a platform-based ecosystem? Contrasting paid and unpaid contributors, 52(7), 104790.

BOOK CHAPTERS:

El Sawy, O. Miric, M., and Pagani, M., (2021) Digital platform ecosystems: the coming context for AI. Published in: Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Value Creation, Edited by: Pagani, M. and Renaud Champion. Elgar Publishing. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839104398

Boudreau, K., Jeppesen L.B. and Miric, M. (2023) Free(mium) Strategies for Selling Digital Goods. Published in: Elgar Handbook on Digital Strategy, Edited by Cennamo, C. Dagnino, G.B and Zhu, F. Elgar Publishing.