Industrial and Competitiveness Policy
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Why Competition Matters?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Oscar GuineaOscar Guinea, Senior Economist at ECIPE, explains how good regulations and healthy industry policy can increase Europe's competitiveness. Together...
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The Chinese Innovation Conundrum
By: Iacopo MonterosaHuawei’s prominent role in 5G infrastructure could suggest that China is now ready to be a driving force on digital innovation. In addition, the...
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Plucking the Digital Goose
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyThe art of taxation consists of plucking the goose so as to obtain the most feathers with the least hissing This pearl of wisdom came from...
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Standing up for Competition
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Oscar GuineaPicture the 100 meters final in the Olympic Games. 30 meters before the end, Usain Bolt starts to slow down. With five meters to go, all the runners...
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Lessons from Uber for the Taxi Industry
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Jimmyn ParcOnce again taxi drivers have blocked the streets in a major European city as part of a protest against the ride-sharing service Uber. The latest...
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Online Platform Restrictions and Small Firm Exports
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityStricter rules on online platforms restrain potential trade, especially for smaller businesses. This is because online platforms facilitate export...
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Regulating Artificial Intelligence: Should There Be Innovation Without Permission?
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Innovation, IP, and Human CapitalBy: Guest AuthorBrian Williamson, a Partner at consultancy Communications Chambers. The views in this blog are his own. The European Commission, along with...
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As Asia Tightens Up on Data Regulation, the EU GDPR Leaves Its Footprint
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy South Asia and OceaniaBy: Guest AuthorBy Tim Yu, a cybersecurity and technology policy analyst based in Hong Kong Over recent years, there has been a concerted effort from Asian...
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Cultural Exception vs. Cultural Openness: Back To Seoul, BTS!
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Korea ProjectBy: Jimmyn ParcIn general, it is easy to agree with the concept of cultural exception that France has for many years evoked. Such an approach is based on the idea...
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Compulsory Licensing of IP-protected Drugs: Colombia’s Panacea for Access to Better Healthcare Services?
Research Areas: Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Innovation, IP, and Human Capital Latin AmericaBy: Matthias BauerOn 30 May 2018, Colombia joined the OECD as the group’s 37th member. Prior to the country’s accession, the Colombian government implemented a...
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Next Steps for Building the Digital Single Market
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Five Freedoms Project Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Alice PoidevinThis is a summary of a discussion that took place at the ECIPE and Microsoft Seminar, on October 15th 2018 in Brussels. The growth of...
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Who Are the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly? Not What Mr. Boris Johnson Thinks
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Korea ProjectWhen announcing his “Better Plan for Brexit” in The Daily Telegraph, Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson observed “that the one size fits...