Online Social Network Data: What is the Economic Impact?
Because of online social networks like Facebook, Twitter, etc., social science researchers finally have access to data that have been missing for most of human history.
These data, which describe the networks of people’s social worlds, as well as people’s behaviour and social contacts, seem to hold great promise for firms.
Firms may wish to use them to decide who to do business with (targeting), or to encourage the spread of a product or idea through a population (diffusion).
About the Lecturer
Dan Goldstein worked as Principal Research Scientist at Yahoo Research and Assistant Professor in marketing at London Business School before working at Microsoft Research.
This lecture discusses the economic value of social network data. To what extent do products spread "virally" over online social networks and to what extent do social network data complement traditional predictive models.
This lecture is a cooperation between the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics, Studium Generale and SCOPE | Economics. It is part of the “Celebrating 30 Years of Inspiration” program, with which the SBE is celebrating its 30th anniversary.