An archive of DCI’s research publications from 2018-2026, prior to updating our focus on the foundations of the frontier economy: energy, compute, and work.
We analyzed the Open App Markets Act (S. 2710) from the point of view of small app publishers (small businesses typically with less than 20 employees) whose products make up the broad majority of available smartphone apps across both major app stores.
This working group of software developers, small app publishers, and other small businesses working in the app ecosystem discussed S. 2992 and its potential consequences.
DCI's analysis of S. 2992, the “American Innovation and Choice Online Act” suggests that there will be unintended consequences for software developers and small app publishers.
This research report takes an in-depth look at how modern small businesses reach their customers and sell their products through a variety of online and offline sales methods.
The evolution of traditional retail alongside the growth of digital selling has created an infinite variety of options and aggressive competition for sellers’ attention, investment and allegiance.
This report explains how American innovation has traditionally thrived because of sound policy decisions at the federal level. It then discusses several influences on the future growth of digital innovation in the United States.
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.
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.
