Stanford GSB Marius Florin Niculescu
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Florin Niculescu		 Status
Ph.D. Candidate (TGR from Spring 2008)
PhD Oral Examination passed on 3/10/2008
Operations, Information and Technology
Stanford Graduate School of Business

Advisor
Seungjin Whang

Reading Committee
Seungjin Whang, OIT, Stanford GSB (Advisor)
Sunil Kumar, OIT, Stanford GSB
Harikesh Nair, Marketing, Stanford GSB


Oral Examination Comittee
Warren Hausman, MS & E and GSB, Stanford University (Chair)
Seungjin Whang, OIT, Stanford GSB (Advisor)
Lawrence Wein, OIT, Stanford GSB
V. "Seenu" Srinivasan, Marketing, Stanford GSB
Andrzej Skrzypacz, Economics, Stanford GSB

Research Interests
Economics of IS and IT, Diffusion of Technological Innovation,
Supply Chain Management, Digital Entertainment Industry.

Contact Information
Stanford Graduate School of Business
518 Memorial Way, Room S458
Stanford, CA 94305
Email: niculescu_florin @ gsb.stanford.edu

Page updated on 7/24/2008




Selected Research

  • “Co-diffusion of Wireless Voice and Data Services: The Case of the Japanese Market”, with S. Whang, research note, invited for second round revision at  Information Systems Reseach. [Abstract]

  • “Consumer Rationality Embedded in Diffusion Models for Subscription-Based Services under Network Effects”, with S. Whang, working paper.

  • “Strategic Release and Pricing of Software in the Presence of Bugs and Quality-Sensitive Customers”, submitted to Management Science (Information Systems). [Abstract]

  • “Rich Pre-announcement Signaling in Digital Entertainment Markets", with H. Shin, work in progress.

  • “Hardware-software Interactions in the Game Console Markets",  with H. Shin and S. Whang, work in progress.




Education

  • Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Expected graduation: 2009.
  • M.S., Financial Mathematics, Stanford University, May 2007.
  • B.A.,  Applied Mathematics (CS as field of application), Harvard University, March 2004.