Research
This section presents documents produced by the expert group, the findings of the support study and other relevant sources.

13 March 2019
Unlocking digital competition – Report of the Digital Competition Expert Panel
Digital Competition Expert Panel (United Kingdom)

1 March 2019
Value of Data: There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch in the Digital Economy
Wendy C.Y. Li, Makoto Nirei, Kazufumi Yamana

14 February 2019
Online platforms: new rules to increase transparency and fairness (factsheet)
European Commission

1 December 2018
Industrial Relations and Social Dialogue in the Age of Collaborative Economy
Mehtap Akgüç, Miroslav Beblavý, Elina Cirule, Zachary Kilhoffer (CEPS)

1 November 2018
Unlocking the value of the platform economy
Rob Fijneman, Karina Kuperus, Jochem Pasman (KPMG)

1 October 2018
Behavioural study on advertising and marketing practices in social media
GfK Consortium

19 July 2018
Consumer market study on online market segmentation through personalised pricing/offers in the European Union
Ipsos, London Economics and Deloitte consortium

26 April 2018
Commission Decision on setting up the group of experts for the Observatory on the Online Platform Economy
European Commission

24 April 2018
Study on data sharing between companies in Europe
Catarina Arnaut, Marta Pont, Elizabeth Scaria, Arnaud Berghmans, Sophie Leconte (everis Benelux)

23 April 2018
Study on contractual relationships between online platforms and their professional users
Stefan Krüger, Ferdinand Pavel, Johannes Koenen (Ernst & Young Germany)