Does The Internet Create More "Winner Take All" Companies?

02/02/2016 36 min
Does The Internet Create More "Winner Take All" Companies?

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Episode Synopsis


The digital world is increasingly giving rise to "winner take all" industries, where a market is all but dominated by one company and, sometimes, a single smaller competitor. Since innovation is so often driven by competition and hindered by monopolies, this is a worrying trend — but its true extent, and its implications, are hardly clear. This week, we discuss various winner take all situations and what they mean for the future of innovation.