Cross Competition among Information (Digital) Platforms
Study
09-06-2015
The workshop, prepared by Policy Department A for the ITRE committee, addressed the questions “should we avoid global information monopolies, and what place for European platforms?” It concludes that it is unclear how dominant large digital platforms actually are. Markets are often contestable due to dynamic competition for the market. Policy should focus on paving the way for European champions and there is a need for revising non-digital policies governing traditional industries in order to remove barriers for enterprises to adapt to new realities.
Study
External author
Nicolai VAN GORP
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- board of management
- BUSINESS AND COMPETITION
- business organisation
- communications
- competition
- competitiveness
- economic structure
- ECONOMICS
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- EU competition policy
- EU industrial policy
- impact of information technology
- industrial structures and policy
- INDUSTRY
- information technology and data processing
- innovation
- international competition
- Internet
- knowledge economy
- monopoly
- PRODUCTION, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
- research and intellectual property
- technological change
- technology and technical regulations
- telecommunications industry