External publication
11 August 2017
One of the ways in which the European Commission has sought over the years to strengthen the European single market is by means of increased harmonisa
Blog post
17 July 2017
What’s at stake: America is undergoing a retail sector crisis, partly related to the increase of competition from online commerce. We review recent co
Event
20 June 2017
FinTech is changing the financial sector. What are the challenges associated with this and what policies should we adopt in response?
Event
30 May 2017
Geo-blocking is a discriminatory practice that is wide-spread in EU. It prevents online customers from accessing and purchasing products or services f
Working paper
10 April 2017
What are the challenges of financing scale-ups, and how can long-term public policies support the creation of a better scale-up environment?
Blog post
14 March 2017
The next wave of mobile network innovation is provoking great excitement in the industry. And indeed, there is substantial potential for improvement.
External publication
27 February 2017
This paper was prepared for the European Parliament at the request of the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection.
Blog post
20 February 2017
What’s at stake: first-degree price discrimination - or person-specific pricing, had until recently been considered a theoretical case with unlikely r
External publication
15 February 2017
Addresses major current problems in postal and delivery sector worldwide
Blog post
07 February 2017
Privacy Shield was put in place in 2016 to ensure that transfers of personal data from the EU to the US would be in compliance with European Union pri
External publication
07 December 2016
The digital transformation has already had an impact on policymaking, and this trend will continue in the years to come. How will the political proces
Policy Brief
30 November 2016
Decarbonisation and digitalisation are reshaping the European energy system, which will become more decentralised and interconnected with other sector
Blog post
22 November 2016
Search engines are intermediaries in a two-way market between users and advertisers. Their huge stocks of data about users and their preferences can h
Event
20 October 2016
The number of digital platforms is currently rising in many countries and sectors. What are the opportunities of platforms and which kind of regulatio
Blog post
28 September 2016
The ‘internet of things’ will bring major changes in many areas of life, including the political arena. What will be the new communication tools, stra
External publication
15 September 2016
This paper explains the similarities and differences between European and U.S. net neutrality rules.