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Department of Justice

News Analysis: Inside The Proposed Digital Giant Anti-Trust Bills

On Friday, June 11th, US lawmakers unveiled a series of five bills designed to limit the influence and power of the digital giants.  After years of lengthy investigation by the House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust, these bills targeted Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and any future company

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Alexander The Great

Big Idea: Decision Velocity

Guess what Alexander the Great's success on the battlefield is often credited to? SPEED of decision-making or decision velocity.
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Partnerships

Big Idea: Consortiums Often Fail, But Joint Venture Startups Will Challenge Digital Giants

Learn From The Failure Of Consortiums Consortiums of independent companies have a high failure rate, despite their potential power. @Constellation Research studied the history of 100 consortiums, shared services models, trading networks, and open source communities. All attempted to bring together companies for their self-interest, yet 99% of these coalitions failed!
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Everybody Wants To Rule The World July 13, 2021

Big Idea: It took 50 years for markets to consolidate down to a few dominant players. Now it takes ten.

It took 50 years for markets to consolidate down to a few dominant players. Now it takes ten. Countless industries went through gradual reorganization from hundreds or thousands of small players down to a couple of giants. But until very recently, the keyword was “gradual.” There’s no longer going to be a monopoly in each industry. In the next ten years, I expect to see about 100 dominant players in 50 distinct markets worldwide, in most cases with a duopoly of two giants per market.
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