How Software Stifles Competition and Innovation: Factoring the slowing up of startups.

The article discusses the slowing growth of startup companies and the role played by software. The author argues that larger companies have developed software platforms that deliver important consumer benefits, but that access to such platforms is limited and stifles competition. This leads to a poo...

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Publicado en:Communications of the ACM Vol. 66; no. 10; pp. 34 - 37
Autor principal: Bessen, James
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Association for Computing Machinery Oct2023
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