‘Dữ liệu lớn’ có mang lại lợi thế cạnh tranh cho các công ty: Phân tích chống độc quyền

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 11 - Trang 423-442 - 2022
Garima Gupta1
1Doctoral Fellow (Full-Time), NALSAR University of Law, Shamirpet, India

Tóm tắt

Nền kinh tế hiện nay đã chuyển từ cấu trúc kinh doanh truyền thống sang nền kinh tế số hóa. Nền kinh tế số hóa hoạt động nhờ vào các công cụ công nghệ, trong đó ‘dữ liệu’ được coi là công cụ quan trọng nhất trong bối cảnh hiện tại. Vấn đề trở nên cấp bách hơn với sự xuất hiện của ‘dữ liệu lớn’. Nhiều ý kiến cho rằng việc tích lũy, phân tích và sử dụng ‘dữ liệu lớn’ cho phép tạo ra nhiều hình thức rào cản gia nhập cho những người mới và sự bất cân xứng thông tin cho người tiêu dùng, điều này ảnh hưởng tiêu cực đến ‘cạnh tranh thị trường’ (Santesteban & Longpre, Tạp chí Chống độc quyền, 65(3), 459-485, 2020; Fast et al., 2021). Do đó, điều cần thiết là xem xét lại cách hiểu truyền thống về ‘cạnh tranh thị trường’ như đã quy định trong các luật chống độc quyền ở các khu vực pháp lý và cụ thể là Đạo luật Cạnh tranh Ấn Độ, 2002. Chế độ hiện tại tập trung vào lý thuyết giá neo cổ điển không đủ khả năng để hiểu các khía cạnh khác nhau của thế giới số hóa, nơi mà ‘dữ liệu’ trở thành hình thức tiền tệ mới có tác động đến quyền lực thị trường và, do đó, đến cạnh tranh thị trường. Các thị trường kỹ thuật số mang tính đa mặt và phi tuyến tính, nơi ‘dữ liệu lớn’ đóng vai trò như một chất bôi trơn cho sự hoạt động trơn tru của chúng. Câu hỏi trung tâm là liệu việc tiếp cận dữ liệu có cung cấp bất kỳ hình thức lợi thế cạnh tranh nào không. Một tài nguyên cung cấp bất kỳ hình thức lợi thế cạnh tranh nào phải rõ ràng, hiếm, không thể bắt chước, không thể thay thế và có giá trị (Barney, 1991). Nếu dữ liệu có những đặc điểm như vậy, việc thẩm thấu và sử dụng công nghệ được hỗ trợ bởi ‘dữ liệu lớn’ vào thị trường sẽ ảnh hưởng đến sự hiểu biết về những sai phạm cạnh tranh cơ bản. Các mối liên hệ tiềm năng giữa công nghệ, dữ liệu và quyền lực thị trường cũng ảnh hưởng đến sự hiểu biết về ‘sự thống trị’ như đã quy định trong luật hiện hành. Những thách thức độc đáo mà ‘dữ liệu lớn’ đặt ra không chỉ giới hạn trong chính sách cạnh tranh mà còn mở rộng đến việc thi hành pháp luật vì chúng kích hoạt các vấn đề hiến pháp chồng chéo liên quan đến quyền riêng tư. Điều này yêu cầu cần xem xét khoảng cách hiện tại giữa luật/chính sách cạnh tranh và những thách thức do ‘dữ liệu’ gây ra trong nền kinh tế số luôn phát triển này.

Từ khóa

#Dữ liệu lớn; lợi thế cạnh tranh; chính sách cạnh tranh; quyền lực thị trường; luật chống độc quyền

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