IDG Contributor Network: Big data is not a barrier to entry

As I argued in a "Data is not the new oil or the infrastructure of the digital economy," data is not a finite exhaustible resource like oil and it is not an information infrastructure. It is a valuable input that allows companies to improve their products and services to make our lives richer and more productive.But in some cases, data could act as a barrier to entry. As the Economist puts it, “Vast pools of data can…act as protective moats.”  Some competition policy aut