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DESCRIPTION:Umit Gurun\n\nUniversity of Texas at Dallas\n\nPlatform Venture
  Capitalists\n\nDate: Friday\, October 25\, 2024\n	Time: 10:30-11:45 am\n	Lo
 cation: Bronfman Bldg. (1001 Sherbrooke St. West)\, Room 340\n\nAll are co
 rdially invited to attend.\n\nAbstract:\n\nWe examine the effects of platf
 orm-backed venture capitalists on portfolio firms\, focusing on Google Ven
 tures (GV) and its affiliation with Google Play. By comparing the same mob
 ile app on Google Play and Apple’s App Store\, we find that post-GV invest
 ment\, startups’ Android apps on Google Play show a 115% increase in revie
 w volume\, a 12% rise in average rating\, and a 77% drop in bug-related re
 views compared to their iOS counterparts. These improvements occur indepen
 dently of app updates and are thus unlikely to be explained by intrinsic e
 nhancements facilitated by GV’s technical guidance. Comparing two snapshot
 s of review data collected in July 2023 and January 2024\, covering the sa
 me period\, July 2022 to June 2023\, we find that negative and bug-related
  reviews are disproportionately removed for GV-backed apps\, leading to ar
 tificially inflated ratings. A deep learning model-based analysis indicate
 s that there is little semantic difference between the removed negative re
 views and the retained negative reviews. GV-backed apps also receive incre
 ased visibility through “Similar app” suggestions on main pages. These fin
 dings suggest GV’s strategic utilization of the Google Play platform to su
 pport its portfolio firms and highlight the need to reassess platform neut
 rality and competitive fairness in the digital marketplace.\n
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LOCATION:Room 340\, Bronfman Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1G5\, 1001
  rue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Desmarais Global Finance Research Centre (DGFRC) Seminar: Umit Guru
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URL:/desautels/channels/event/desmarais-global-finance
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