Document Type
Response or Comment
Publication Date
10-2023
ISSN
0001-0782
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery
Language
en-US
Abstract
Innovation is not what it used to be, and software is part of the reason. In many industries—industries well beyond Big Tech—dominant firms have built large software-based platforms delivering important consumer benefits, but these platforms also slow the rise of innovative rivals, including productive startups.5 Because access to these platforms is limited, competition has been constrained, creating a troubling market dynamic that slows economic growth.
Recommended Citation
James Bessen,
Opinion: How Software Stifles Competition and Innovation
,
in
66
Communications of the ACM
34
(2023).
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