This Analysis Memo examines important questions Congress and regulators have yet to address the about broad and unintended consequences of Populist Antitrust on U.S. small businesses.
The House Judiciary Committee recently approved bills intended to "enhance antitrust enforcement and restore competition online." This Issue Brief outlines DCI's concerns with each bill and then presents a Report Card for the broader "Populist Antitrust" movement.
In this Q&A with Prof. Scott Stern of MIT Sloan, we discuss the relationship of Main Street small businesses to major technology companies on the backdrop of both antitrust and the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.
In this Q&A with Prof. David Audretsch, we discuss the relationship between large tech companies and small businesses, the difference between a company being “big” versus behaving “anticompetitively,” and the state of business competition in the U.S. today.
The New York City Council is considering legislation that would require third-party platforms to share consumer data with restaurants. DCI assembled an expert Working Group to discuss issues related to restaurant data sharing, consumer privacy, and innovation.
The Data Catalyst Institute (DCI) works to support stakeholders and policymakers as they undertake the important and difficult wor
This Issue Brief outlines DCI's analysis of New York City Council Proposed Bill (Int. 2311) - "Data on orders placed through third-party food delivery services" - and, ultimately, our argument for reconsidering specific aspects of it that would endanger consumer data privacy.
The Digital Markets Act (DMA) is an EU legislative proposal intended to promote opportunities for new digital companies and services. DCI assembled an expert Working Group to investigate the DMA's intended and potentially unintended consequences, and how these could affect digitally-empowered…
This Analysis Memo proposes that small business payrolls are a critical national economic asset and that the U.S. Small Business Administration should experiment with programs for "payroll innovation."
As the U.S. looks towards a "post-COVID world," this report identifies a growing gap between small businesses adopting digital tools and those that remain uncertain and less digitally advanced. Published by the Connected Commerce Council.
The success rate between "digitally aggressive" and "digitally skeptical" small businesses (SMBs) is widening,
PPP has failed the smallest small businesses, particularly minority-, women- and veteran-owned businesses. This report from DCI's PPP Working Group argues that Congress should refine the program with this in mind.
