Issues

Compatibility, Interoperability, and Market Power in Upgrade Markets

This paper explains how innovation in software markets tends to limit price increases by leading firms.

Are Patents on Interfaces Impeding Interoperability?

This paper asks if patents on communications technology make it hard for firms to build products that work together.

Higher Standards: Regulation in the Network Age

The author argues that the FCC should move towards a standards-based approach to overseeing digital networks.

System Size, Lock-in and Network Effects for Patient Records

This paper studies the relationship between firm size, network effects and lock-in.

Technical Standard Setting Organizations and Competition: A Case for Deference to the Market

This paper asks how setting standards affects competition.

Elusive Antitrust Standard on Bundling in Europe and in the United States at the Aftermath of the Microsoft Cases, The

This paper compares competition law in Europe and the United States.

Mandatory Contracting Remedies in the American and European Microsoft Cases

This paper compares the outcome of the Microsoft antitrust case in the United States with that in Europe.

Opening Platforms: How, When, and Why

This paper asks when software platforms benefit by opening their technology to potential rivals.

Bargaining in the Shadow of the European Microsoft Decision: The Microsoft-Samba Protocol License

This paper looks at Microsoft’s negotiations with a rival in Europe after the antitrust case.

Breaking Down Digital Barriers: When and How ICT Interoperability Drives Innovation

This study looks at the interaction between interoperability and innovation in the ICT space.