Flex Economy: Research Shows Most Gig Work Supplements Other Income Sources
New research from the Mercatus Center shows that workers with app-based gig jobs make up <10% of the independent contractor workforce.
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Professor John Scott’s (Dartmouth) New Research on Harm to Small Business From Proposed Antitrust Legislation Highlighted Across Several News and Opinion Pieces
Washington, DC (December 13, 2022): In the fall of this year, DCI author Professor John T. Scott (Dartmouth College) published a D
Sticker Shock: While Food Delivery Companies Fight Fee Caps, Indie Restaurants Fight Delivery Companies - Will Anyone Win?
DCI Retail Fellow Hitha Herzog discusses whether or not a government-imposed food delivery fee cap in New York City will meet the intended goal of helping independent restaurants.
DCI Editor In Chief Publishes Letter Urging Congress to Reconsider Proposed Antitrust Legislation, Citing New Research
Washington, DC (August 15, 2022): DCI Editor In Chief Mark Drapeau recently published a letter urging Congress to reconsider propo
How a Digitally-Native Small Business Retailer Engages & Sells: Q&A with Michael Wieder, Co-Founder, President and CMO of Lalo
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.
DCI Editor In Chief Publishes Opinion Piece Citing Findings from Recent DCI Research Report About Rural Small Business Retail
Washington, DC (August 5, 2022): DCI Editor In Chief Mark Drapeau recently published an opinion piece in RealClearMarkets, Anti-Te
Backseat Driver: Data Privacy, Your Car, and You
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.
Acquisitions, Neo-Brandeisian Antitrust, and Harming Innovation: The Unusual, Experimental Case of Meta, Within, and the FTC
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.
Professor Cameron Miller (Syracuse) Discusses the Downside of Proposed Federal Antitrust Legislation (AICOA)
Washington, DC (July 28, 2022): DCI author Professor Cameron Miller (Whitman School of Business, Syracuse University) was recently
New Research Debunks Myth That “Big Tech” M&A Crushes Competition
Findings Show GAFAM Acquisitions are Not Unique and Do Not Create “Kill Zones” Washington, DC (April 5, 2022): New research autho
Tech Industry Acquisitions and Competition: Counterpoints to an Incomplete FTC Report and Legislation that Relies on It
New research results call for a reevaluation of policymakers’ assumptions about "big tech" M&A, and suggest that tech acquisitions are actually a symptom of healthy competition.
The United States Benefits From Strong, Strategic Federal Technology and Innovation Policy
WASHINGTON DC, September 23, 2021 -- Today, the Data Catalyst Institute, part of Catalyst Research, published a white paper author