Many say the decline in new business formation over the past 30 years has been caused by increased monopoly. But there is no statistical relationship between start-up creation and change in concentration by industry; high-growth start-up activity is healthy.
Publications
August 3, 2020
A new study examining the poverty and rates of entrepreneurship in every Metropolitan Statistical Area in the U.S. from 2005 to 2015 finds that a 10% increase in an area's entrepreneurship in traded industries reduces its poverty rate by an average of 2.2%.
August 3, 2020
There is a pressing need to preempt states from subjecting organizations to multiple, conflicting privacy rules. The debate now is not over whether to pass new legislation, but how to design such a law to protect consumers while encouraging continued innovation.
July 29, 2020
Today anytime anyone wants to delegitimize any company or industry for any reason, it’s enough now to note that the company or industry in question is seeking to make a profit.
July 29, 2020
From investigations launched by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), to senators calling for their dismantling, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google long have been
July 27, 2020
For every percentage point increase in the rate of technological change within a county, that county's workers are 0.24% more likely to say that they use their strengths at work.
July 27, 2020
There has been a global consensus for nearly a century that countries should tax multinational companies in the jurisdictions where they create value, not where they generate sales. But that consensus has begun to fall apart as digitalization has made it easier to serve regional markets remotely and Internet companies have successfully capitalized on the opportunity.
July 24, 2020
ITIF submitted a letter to the FCC supporting suggested rule changes to streamline limited pre-sale marketing and importing of radio devices consistent with today’s dynamic market.
July 23, 2020
The rapid growth of large Internet platforms has caused some activists, scholars, and political officials to worry about their impact on competition. These concerns are largely misplaced.
July 22, 2020
ITIF filed comments with the FCC supporting broadband providers’ flexibility in usage-based pricing and interconnection agreements. These are generally efficient mechanisms to recoup the high-costs of building and maintaining network infrastructure.