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Resilient Regulation for Digital Markets (RESREG)

The project aims to navigate the trade-off between specificity and generality in regulation, particularly in dynamic digital markets, by developing resilient principles for interoperability regulation. This interdisciplinary initiative involves legal, strategic, and information systems perspectives, and will incorporate input from political and academic leaders, stakeholders, and regulators in the digital industry.

Project description

Digital markets are characterized by strong demand-side and supply-side economies of scale, that often lead to manifested monopolies with significant market power that require for policy interventions. However, regulation faces a crucial trade-off between “specificity” tailored to current cases and “generality” for future-proofness, especially in the dynamic setting of digital markets with evolving technology. This tension is known as rule-based vs. principles-based regulation in legal terms. This project seeks to develop principles for resilient regulation that efficiently handles current cases while adapting to future developments. Specifically, the project focuses on interoperability regulation, a recurring regulatory theme in the digital industry. Our interdisciplinary approach combines legal, strategic, and information systems perspectives. Legally, we examine procedural aspects of resilient regulation that satisfies requirements of the rule of law and democratic legitimacy. Strategically, we adopt a retrospective-empirical view, analyzing the role and strategic impact of interoperability and multi-homing in various industries. Lastly, from an information systems perspective, we take a prospective, formal-analytical approach, considering the techno-economic trade-offs inherent to interoperability regulation. Moreover, across the disciplines, the project seeks to incorporate input from political and academic leaders, stakeholders, and regulators in the digital industry.

Project team

Prof. Dr. Tobias Kretschmer

Head of Institute for Strategy, Technology and Organization (ISTO), Ludwig Maximilian University Munich

Prof. Dr. Jan Kraemer

Professor, Chair for Internet and Telecommunications Business | University of Passau

Prof. Dr. Thomas Ackermann LL.M. (Cambridge)

Professor, Chair of Private Law as well as European and International Economic Law | Ludwig Maximilian University Munich

Chiara Belletti

Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Strategy, Technology and Organization (ISTO) | Ludwig Maximilian University Munich

Marcin Roter MRes

Research Associate, Chair for Internet and Telecommunications Business | University of Passau

Leonie Ott LL.M. (Cambridge)

Research Associate, Chair of Private Law as well as European and International Economic Law | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich