Enterprise Software Policy
Enterprise Software Policy
If the US had an enterprise software policy it would look at what promotes innovation and the development of good software, and would seek to promote these practices through the incentives and rules that it created. Our research shows a clear conclusion that mergers and acquisitions are negatively correlated with software innovation as can be seen in the graphic below.
The US Government could create a specific entity, which regulates software, however, this would not be entirely necessary. All that would be necessary is for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to disallow mergers and acquisitions in software …