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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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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 66; no. 10; pp. 34 - 37
Main Author: Bessen, James
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Oct2023
Subjects:
New business enterprises
Computer software development
Computing platforms
Technological innovations
Economic competition
Economic expansion
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