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July 22, 2024|Blogs
Fact of the Week: Increased Firm Concentration in South Korea’s Manufacturing Sector Contributed to a 12-fold Increase in GDP From 1972 to 2011
In a working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, Jaedo Choi, et al., investigated the effect of “superstar” firms in South Korea during the so-called “miracle growth period.”
July 16, 2024|Events
The Brussels Effect: Digital Market Regulation in East Asia
Watch now for an event hosted by ITIF's Schumpeter Project on Competition Policy, featuring leading antitrust experts from Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and the United States.
June 12, 2024|Blogs
Will Korea Burn Its Digital Future Down?
Shifting from evidence-based law enforcement to heavy-handed digital regulation could stifle the innovation Korea needs and lead to various unintended consequences. As the Korean proverb goes, it’s unwise to “burn down the hut to catch a bedbug.”
June 3, 2024|Blogs
Fact of the Week: Mobile Broadband Access Helped Reduce COVID-19 Cases in Indonesia by 25 Percent
A recent working paper suggests that mobile broadband access had a significant effect in reducing COVID-19 cases.
May 30, 2024|Op-Eds & Contributed Articles
Korea Should Not Import the West’s ‘Techlash’
Korea thankfully lags behind the West in its techlash “thinking,” but it is by no means free from this corrosive force. Both the West and Korea need a more positive and balanced perspective that doesn’t make technology the source of today’s societal ills.
May 29, 2024|Op-Eds & Contributed Articles
Japan’s Proposed App Store Law Would Do No Good
Taking a cue from the EU does not make sense for Japan, because Brussels’ regulations were adopted in large measure as a response to the bloc’s failure to produce any leading digital companies of its own. Japan, by contrast, is home to many of the world’s top technology companies.
May 22, 2024|Events
Can India Regulate Its Digital Boom Without Stifling Innovation?
Watch now for a timely panel discussion featuring leading antitrust lawyers from India and the United States.
May 15, 2024|Testimonies & Filings
Comments to the Indian Ministry of Corporate Affairs Regarding Digital Competition Law
Rather than allow India’s dynamic high-tech and startup ecosystem to continue to flourish, the Draft Digital Competition Bill follows the path of overbearing competition policy taken by the EU, which lacks any leading digital firms. India should instead privilege the U.S. model of markets and dynamism.
April 17, 2024|Presentations
Prospects for US-Japan Economic Security Partnership and Countering Coercion
Stephen Ezell presents on the state of global geoeconomic competition and avenues for United States-Japan economic security collaboration for the Japan Foundation.
March 13, 2024|Presentations
Data Governance and Data Policy in the Indo-Pacific
Nigel Cory joined an expert panel at the 2024 Pacific Technology Policy Conference to discuss Indo-Pacific technology and innovation cooperation. Hosted by the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), the conference marked the release of a special report that Cory helped author for NBR—U.S.-ROK Tech Cooperation: Export Controls, Data Policy, and Artificial Intelligence.
