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Antitrust Chronicle® – Data, Data Everywhere…

Winter 2020, Volume 2, Number 2

Dear Readers, In this Chronicle we turn to the issue of the interaction between big data and competition. Is big data a game changer? In recent years, big data has variously been discussed as the “new oil,” a barrier to entry to digital markets (and even brick and mortar sectors), or alternatively as a mere […]

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