DCI research reports and white papers from 2018-2026, with downloadable PDFs.
This new report models how proposed U.S. state antitrust legislation would cost small and medium-sized businesses more than $600 billion annually.
DCI convened experts to discuss the impact of the CFPB's proposed rulemaking on Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act effects on consumers, competition, and innovation.
Implementation of Dodd-Frank Section 1033 should affirm consumer data ownership, ensure competition, and encourage innovation.
This report from our new series THE SHIFT gives an overview of the new rules of the Digital World, including threats and opportunities facing its power players.
Several U.S. states have considered new antitrust legislation that abandons the long-held “consumer welfare standard” of competition in favor of a reduced and less rigorous "dominance" standard. DCI convened business, economics, and legal experts to discuss how such legislation might affect…
This report presents findings from a survey of senior leaders of small and medium-sized businesses that publish at least one app to quantify the value that apps and app stores provide them.
Several U.S. states are currently considering unprecedented antitrust legislation that abandons the long-held “consumer welfare standard” in favor of a "dominance" standard. After careful analysis, this memo recommends that state legislators reconsider so-called “abuse of dominance” (AOD)…
This analysis shows how food deliverer pay mandates, on top of existing limits on fees that delivery services are permitted to charge restaurants (often referred to as fee caps), would “break the model” of the NYC Restaurant Delivery Economy by disrupting the economic equilibrium between diners…
NYC recently imposed fee caps (price controls) on third-party restaurant delivery apps. This analysis finds that while price controls can solve short-term problems, they almost always reduce long-term value for stakeholders.
The latest ‘Super Selling’ research on contemporary small business retailers shows they take advantage of many different options for selling and fulfilling customer orders.
How can America fix its increasing STEM graduate shortage and thereby support its innovation economies and global leadership aspirations?
This report shows that today's digital advertising market offers America's SMBs more ways than ever before to reach potential customers, sell products, drive revenue, grow, and successfully compete in the marketplace.
