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Would Stricter Antitrust Rules Have Stopped the Rise of Amazon?‌

In a new study, Prof. Edward A. Snyder and his co-authors consider whether current antitrust guidelines would have checked Amazon’s voracious appetite for acquisitions if they had been in place earlier.

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  • Video: Why You Should Care about Antitrust

    We asked Prof. Fiona Scott Morton, former chief economist for the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division and the founder of the Thurman Arnold Project at Yale, to explain why antitrust violations are bad for consumers and how the government can respond.

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  • In the Second Nuclear Age, Information Advantage Defines the Balance of Power

    More than a massive nuclear arsenal, says Yale SOM strategy expert Paul Bracken, information technology and shifting alliances drive post-Cold War military advantage in an unpredictable, multipolar world.

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  • Facebook’s Dominance Is Built on Anti-Competitive Behavior

    In a new paper, Yale SOM’s Fiona Scott Morton writes that the company took control of the social media industry by misleading consumers and buying up rivals.

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  • The Antitrust Case against Google

    State and federal authorities are reportedly preparing to bring antitrust charges against Google. We talked to Yale SOM’s Fiona Scott Morton about the company's dominant role in online advertising and how it limits competition.

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  • Contrary to Conventional Wisdom, Margins Don’t Rise as a Company Grows 

    Nearly every business plan contains the assumption that as the company grows, its average costs will fall and profit margins will rise. But that isn’t borne out by the numbers.

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  • How Should Companies Fuel Word of Mouth?

    New research finds that offering a free tier or giving existing customers bonuses for making referrals—or a combination—can be effective, depending on the size of the audience and whether the project has a social aspect.

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  • When Corporate Acquisitions Affect Healthcare

    Companies often purchase competitors, not to acquire their ideas and products, but to shut them down. A recent report raised questions about whether such an acquisition may be partially responsible for a shortage of ventilators in the United States.

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  • Economic Competition in a Time of Crisis

    What will the sudden economic shock mean for competition and antitrust policy? We asked Yale SOM’s Fiona Scott Morton, an economist who served in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, for her perspective.

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  • Why the WHO Was Afraid of Crying ‘Pandemic’

    Yale SOM’s Saed Alizamir, with Francis de Véricourt of ESMT and Shouqiang Wang of the University of Texas at Dallas, recently published a study that uses game theory to play out the tradeoffs that the WHO and other public agencies face as they try to give timely warnings while maintaining their credibility.

    Bruce Aylward, assistant director general of the World Health Organization, at a press conference in Beijing on February 24, 2020. Photo: Kyodo News via Getty Images.
  • The Suleimani Killing and the New Order of Armed Conflict

    We asked Paul Bracken, a professor of management and political science, what the capability to pinpoint enemy leaders from afar in real time means for modern warcraft.

    An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft at Creech Air Force Base  in Indian Springs, Nevada. Photo: Isaac Brekken/Getty Images.