Competition and Competitiveness in the Digital Economy
About the Project
The Project on Competition and Competitiveness in the Digital Economy seeks to build upon the accomplishments of the Dynamic Competition Initiative (DCI) in ways including the following:
Mobilizing the network of DCI scholars who share and collaborate on building a vision of innovation-focused competition policies and practices.
Engaging policymakers by involving them in events and programs.
Developing scholarship through a dedicated journal, developing the foundation and governance of the journal, and organising the launch and first issues. The Journal of Dynamic Competition (JDC) was established in March 2026 and is freely available online via open access.
Leadership
Bowman Heiden
Bowman J. Heiden is the executive director of the Tusher Strategic Initiative for Technology Leadership at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, fellow at the Classical Liberal Institute at the NYU School of Law, and director of the Center for Intellectual Property at the University of Gothenburg (UGOT), Sweden (jointly created between academia and industry, in particular, AstraZeneca and Ericsson). Dr. Heiden’s research focuses on intellectual property and open innovation in knowledge intensive industries at the interface of strategy and policy. He has experience working with both pharma and ICT industries, including as the chair of Innovation Task Group for the European Federation of Biotechnology, the cofounder and director of the Sahlgrenska School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the UGOT Faculty of Medicine, and a recent member of the European Community Expert Group on the Valuation and Licensing of Standard Essential Patents.
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Fellows
Greg Linden
Greg Linden is an independent researcher specializing in the economics of the digital and electronics industries. He recently assisted David Teece on a major project elaborating how the dynamic capabilities of firms underpin dynamic competition. For more than a decade prior to that, he collaborated with Professor Teece on detailing aspects of the Dynamic Capabilities Framework for strategic management as a post-doctoral Research Associate at the Institute for Business Innovation, a research unit at the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. Dr. Linden has authored numerous articles about the globalization of value creation and capture in high-tech sectors and co-authored a book, ‘Chips and Change’ (MIT Press, 2009), about the semiconductor industry. He holds a Master’s Degree in Public Policy and a Ph.D. in Economics from UC Berkeley and has worked as a consultant on industrial policy projects in Asia.
The Project on Competition and Competitiveness in the Digital Economy is supported by a grant from Apple and from private donations. Berkeley Policy Institute maintains complete editorial independence.
Updated: May 8, 2026