Group: Knowledge_Economy_Reform

This group lists publications that question the fitness of industrial-age institutions for the globalizing and knowledge-intensifying economy. Particularly in the software, content and intellectual property sectors it lists analyses of abuses of essential facilities (diagnostic realm) and seeks contributions to architect the enabling environment reforms to curb these abuses (therapeutic realm) so as to accelerate value creation and risk mitigation from knowledge (value proposition). Ill-designed institutions may lock-in an economy, and public sector enacted barriers are rightly feared by reformers. Yet, also private sector principals may derive rents from positions that act as barriers to others, as recognized by the Essential Facilities Doctrine. Looking at the knowledge economy and the technology and content uses that differentiate it from the industrial economy, it is not evident what exactly are the essential facilities that help or prevent principals exploiting the interdependencies among the division of labour, competence and market size.