Should the European Union create its own superstar tech firms?

Abstract

Much of the conversation about the EU initiatives towards the digital economy focuses on policy and regulatory leadership. However, talks about the “Brussels effect” crowd out existential economic questions like the EU’s struggle to produce new, fast-growing, and innovative companies that are key to economic prosperity and strategic autonomy. This panel will discuss what the EU can do to create its own tech “giants”. A particular attention will be paid to issues related to the completion of the single market, in particular through further integration of financial, product and services markets.