Based on a systematic review and evaluation of business reports, documents, statistics, literature and press releases, this paper analyzes the market concentration and the expansion and innovation strategies of the leading internet companies Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Microsoft. The...

Dans notre univers économique globalisé et dérégulé, quelques startups autrefois sympathiques ont donné naissance à des multinationales oligopolistiques qui régissent le coeur informationnel de nos sociétés : les GAFAM. Sous le prisme de l'économie politique, Google, Apple, Facebook,...

Interoperability has become a buzzword in European policy debates on the future of the digital economy. In its Digital Agenda, the EU Commission has identified a lack of interoperability as one of the significant obstacles for the thriving of the digital economy. The EU Commission and a number...