The three finalists presented their work at a high-energy, well-attended special session on May 30, 2018. The Jury selected the first, second and third place winners, and the VP Publications announced the results at the awards event the next day.
First Place:
Niels Holtrop, Maastricht University
“No Future without the Past? Predicting Churn in the Face of Customer Privacy”
Second Place:
Andreas U. Lanz, University of Mannheim
“Climb or Jump – Status Based Seeding in User-Generated Content Networks”
Third Place:
Tetyana Kosyakova, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
“Measuring Substitution and Complementarity among Offers in Menu-Based Choice Experiments”
Cash awards of €5,000, €3,000, and €1,000have been forwarded to the first, second and third place winners.
