Short-form analysis and commentary from the DCI archive.
Digital technology is finally able to give control of the Internet to the users and workers. However, history suggests user/worker-controlled networks will lose to the centralized server-spoke model of the Silicon-Valley data brokers.
We discuss with Michael Wieder, Co-Founder & President of Lalo, how a digitally-native SMB sells, uses innovative tech, and the potential impact of tech legislation on such a business.
Without federal legislation around the ownership and privacy of data collected by sophisticated personal vehicles, the legal rules of the road about such data are unclear.
On the doorstep of recession, U.S. rural small business sellers find success, resilience, and agility by using multiple sales methods, both online and offline.
A partisan move by FTC Commissioners seeks to block Meta from acquiring a small VR company. This move upends decades of antitrust standards and likely causes more harm than good.
State and local governments can supercharge market competition and innovation by better empowering alternative business models like worker cooperatives.
Analysis of datasets on M&A and venture activity shows Big Tech's startup acquisitions don't reduce competition or dampen innovation.
New policies propose to ban platforms from selling in their own marketplaces but disregard the economic benefits of seller-operated marketplaces.
We discuss with Jake Ward, CEO of Data Protocol, how they create education programs and certifications to help software developers view data privacy as a feature of every product.
DCI Competition Fellow Liad Wagman analyzes the application of antitrust rules to labor markets, in light of a new Democrat majority running the FTC.
DCI Retail Fellow Hitha Herzog discusses hosting a panel discussion about small businesses using digital tools, featuring Hispanic SMB owners from across the country.
While more and more small businesses adopt digital apps, stores, and platforms as selling methods, "old fashioned" brick-and-mortar sales are still alive and well.
