Report of the Cross-sectional System Study Group for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Provisional translation)

METI, here.

The Race Is On to Challenge Google-Facebook ‘Duopoly’ in Digital Advertising

WSJ, here and here. 

Bibliography on antitrust and algorithms

C. Ritter, here.
...and I could think of a few more ;-)

Report Of Study Group On Data And Competition Policy

Japan FTC, here. Summary of the Report here. Full Report here.

Algorithmic Collusion: Problems and Counter-Measures

OECD Roundtable on Algorithms and Collusion,  Note by A. Ezrachi & M. Stucke, here. 

Algorithms and Competition

CPI Podcast, here. 

AVVIATA INDAGINE CONOSCITIVA SUI BIG DATA

AGCM, here.

Should We Fear The Things That Go Beep In the Night? Some Initial Thoughts on the Intersection of Antitrust Law and Algorithmic Pricing

M. Ohlhausen, here.

Big Data and Competition Law

Concurrences.com, here. 

Competition at the digital frontier

J. Laitenberger, here. 

Machine learning: the power and promise of computers that learn by example

The Royal Society, here.

How can competition authorities react to the antitrust threats of pricing algorithms?

Kluwer Competition Law Blog, here. 

Could Japan’s Approach To Data Sharing Change The World?

InnovationEnterprise, here. 

Japan to urge businesses to share big data

Asia.nikkei.com, here.

Ahead of Vestager's remarks at #ATSpring17: The US Chamber of Commerce’s Current State of Mind

US Chamber of Commerce, here. 

Defining 'Big Data' in Antitrust

X. Boutin, G. Clemens, here.



What giants?" Asked Sancho Panza.
"The ones you can see over there," answered his master, "with the huge arms, some of which are very nearly two leagues long."
"Now look, your grace," said Sancho, "what you see over there aren't giants, but windmills, and what seems to be arms are just their sails, that go around in the wind and turn the millstone."
"Obviously," replied Don Quijote, "you don't know much about adventures.

Data-Opolies

A. Grunes, M. Stucke, here. 

 

Conference: Vestager, Posner, and Top Scholars Ask If There Is a Concentration Problem in America

ProMarket.org, here. 

Algorithms and competition

M. Vestager, here.

Large friendly letters?

"It's true that the idea of automated systems getting together and reaching a meeting of minds is still science fiction (emphasis added)". This excruciatingly reminds me that it has been rather long since I've been back from a refreshing break and that I've still a couple of posts pending...

Competing with Big Data

J. Prüfer, C. Schottmuller, here.