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The Rising Risk of Platform Regulation

November 6, 2020 | D. Daniel Sokol and Marshall Van Alstyne | Strategy

The blizzard of regulatory action swirling around Big Tech platforms is producing outcomes that will affect many other companies across industries that have adopted — or are considering adopting — platform business models. Yet, few platform operators and owners have fully considered the growing regulatory risk and how it could derail their businesses. Here are the internal and external responses they should be considering now.

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