Marvin A. Sirbu

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Professor of Engineering and Public Policy; Electrical and Computer Engineering and Joint Appointment at Tepper School of Business

Teaching and Research Interests:

• Telecommunications technology policy and management, economics of telecommunications and electronic information systems, electronic commerce, innovation, regulation and market structure, compatibility standards and product strategy.

Website and/or personal homepage:
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr9/sirbu/www/MarvinSirbu.html

Published Papers: 

• Pricing Multicast Communications: A Cost-Based Approach
  Telecommunication Systems 17(3), 2001; 281-297.
  
  
• Optimal Bundling Strategy for Digital Information Goods: Network Delivery of Articles and Subscriptions
  Information Economics and Policy 11(2), July 1999; 147-176.
  
  
• The Bundling and Unbundling of Information Goods: Economic Incentives for the Network Delivery of Academic Journal Articles
  Information Economics and Policy 11(2), 1999; 147-176.
  
  
• Kalman Filter Estimation of New Product Diffusion Models
  Journal of Marketing Research 24 August, 1997; 378-393.
  (with: Jinhong Xie, Michael Song, Qiong Wang)
  For Further Information
  
  
• Price Competition and Compatibility in the Presence of Positive Demand Externalities
  Management Science, 1995; 909-926.
  (with: Jinhong Xie)
  For Further Information
  
  
• Price Competition in the Presence of Positive Demand Externalities
  Management Science, 1995.
  
  
• NetBill: An Electronic Commerce System Optimized for Network Delivered Services
  IEEE Personal Communications, 1995.
  
  
• The Provision of Scholarly Journals by Libraries via Electronic Technologies: An Economic Analysis
  Information Economics and Policy, 1991; 127-154.
  
  
• Technological Choice in Voluntary Standards Committees: An Empirical Analysis
  J. Economics of Innovation and New Technology 1, 1990; 111-133.
  
  

Working Papers: 

• Measuring Broadband's Economic Impact
  September, 2006.
  (with: W. Lehr, C. Osorio, S. Gillett)
  
  
• A Feedback Model for Marketing Mix Strategies
  November, 2004.
  (with: Jinhong Xie, Qiong Wang, Michael Song)
  For Further Information
  
  

Publications: 

• "An IP-based Local Access Network: Economic and Public Policy Analysis"
  Internet Telephony, Cambridge: MIT Press, (2001).
  
  
• "An Optimal Pricing Model for Cell-Switching Integrated-Services Networks"
  Internet Economics, Cambridge: MIT Press, (1997).
  
  

Awards:

• Teare Award for Outstanding Teaching, CIT - 1990

Boards:

• Comav Corp., 1998-1999
• Telelogic Corp., 1984-1988

Consulting:

• U.S. Federal Trade Commission
• U.S. Dept. of Justice: Antitrust Division

Other Professional Activities:

• Chairman, Executive Committee, Information Networking Institute
• Member, U.S. Federal Communications Commission Technological Advisory Committee 1999-2001

Courses Taught:

• Telecommunications for Business (45873)
  (Masters Program)
  • 2009, Mini 3 (Section: A)

• Seminar in Information Systems II (47952)
  (Ph.D. Program)
  • 2010, Mini 4 (Section: A)

• Seminar in Information Systems III (47953)
  (Ph.D. Program)
  • 2012, Mini 4 (Section: A)
  • 2008, Mini 3 (Section: A)
  • 2007, Mini 3 (Section: A)

• Telecommunications and Network Management (70456)
  (BSBA Program)
  • 2012, Fall (Section: A)
  • 2011, Fall (Section: A)
  • 2010, Fall (Section: A)
  • 2007, Fall (Section: A)
  • 2007, Fall (Section: A)

• Technology Strategy (70465)
  (BSBA Program)
  • 2013, Fall (Section: A)