Coen van der Geest Coen (/Koon/) van der Geest

PhD Candidate in Information Systems

KIN Center for Digital Innovation

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Biography

I’m Coen (/Koon/) van der Geest a PhD Candidate at the KIN Center for Digital Innovation at the School of Business and Economics of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. My dissertation focuses on the dynamics within and around digital architectures, specifically on the development and use of application programming interfaces (APIs) for collaborative innovation, and the effects of IT architecture on business/IT alignment and IS complexity. My research interests include the complexities surrounding digital infrastructures, focussing on their use, design and evolution and the organizational implications thereof.

Interests

Digital Infrastructures
IT (Platform) Architectures
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)

Education

PhD in Information Systems, 2024 (prospective)
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
MPhil Business in Society, 2021
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
MSc Digital Business and Innovation, 2019
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Featured Publications

Coen van der Geest, Joey van Angeren

April, 2023 In California Management Review

Architectural Generativity: Leveraging Complementor Contributions to the Platform Architecture

An open architecture is instrumental in enabling innovation by complementors. But the platform architecture must evolve to reinvigorate the platform’s generative capacity, when the innovation opportunities are depleted. This article underscores the role of complementors in the process of platform architecture evolution by introducing the notion of architectural generativity.

Published & Work-in-progress

Coen van der Geest, Joey van Angeren (2023). Architectural Generativity: Leveraging Complementor Contributions to the Platform Architecture. In California Management Review.

Cite Video DOI

Philipp Hukal, Johannes Loh, Coen van der Geest (2023). Selective Modularization: Complementors Integrating Optional Platform Features . Working Paper.

Coen van der Geest, Joey van Angeren, Hans Berends, Bart van den Hooff (2023). The Dual Face of Platform Interfaces: Between Recombination and Architectural Constraints. Working Paper (R&R).

Coen van der Geest, Joey van Angeren, Bart van den Hooff (2023). Exploring Process-Level Business/IT Alignment: Across Synchronous and Asynchronous Processes. Working Paper.

Coen van der Geest, Joey van Angeren, Bart van den Hooff, Hans Berends (2023). Complexity is a Given: Conceptualizing the Management of Information Systems Complexity as a Continuous Redistribution Process. Working Title.

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Teaching

Methods and Techniques Quantitative

Executive Master

Coordinator and lecturer, The aim of the course is to familiarize students with quantitative research and statistical models (e.g., T-tests, ANOVAs, OLS regressions, and PCA). The course walks students through the most important concepts relating to quantitative research, starting with the need for academic research and science, through what a theory entails, to the different statistical models.

Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation

Third-year Bachelor Elective

Co-coordinator and lecturer on the topics of Standards and Dominant Designs, and Platforms and Ecosystems. In this course, students learn to understand and apply basic theories behind the processes of technology-based innovation in organizations and their environments, the development of innovation strategies, and the organizational implementation of innovation strategies. Theoretical understanding is applied in an online simulation and real-life cases focusing on managerial dilemmas in the management of technology.

Information Systems in E-Business and Online Commerce

Third-year Bachelor Elective

Guest lecturer, on the topic of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and IT Architectures. The lecture focusses on the use of APIs and IT architectures in digital businesses, specifically, how APIs can be leveraged in the creation of new products and services, how APIs are supported by different types of IT architecture, and the emergence of the asynchronous Event-Driven Architecture.

Research Design and Methods Quantitative

Compulsary Master Course

Tutorial teacher, in the course we cover the basic research designs and methods for conducting rigorous quantitative research. The objective of the course is to enable students to understand, select, and apply the proper methods for their research questions. At the end of the course, students will have a comprehensive overview of the most used methodologies and will be able to apply them to real-world data using their statistical software of choice.