OECD Taps the Konkurrenz Group on Big Data

​On November 29, 2016, the OECD held a hearing on Big Data to explore the implications on competition authorities’ work and whether competition law is the appropriate tool for dealing with issues arising from the use Big Data.

The Background Note by the Secretariat, “Big Data: Bringing Competition Policy to the Digital Era,” relied heavily on the work of The Konkurrenz Group’s Allen Grunes and Maurice Stucke.

Moreover, Prof. Stucke presented at the hearing, attended by competition officials from around the world.  His slides (along with the other pannelists’) are available here.