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Getting the facts confused on commercial items

August 10, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

Foe to monopolist power Matt Stoller provides some comments on acquisition policies in Nancy Pelosi, China, and the Slow Decline of the US Military. He […]

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Podcast: New approaches to intellectual property with Babak Siavoshy

May 31, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

Babak Siavoshy joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss opportunities for improving intellectual property and software data rights practices in defense contracts. He […]

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Vertical integration to prevent exploitation by suppliers

May 27, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

Here is the conclusion from Kirk Monteverde and David J. Teece’s 1982 paper, Supplier Switching Costs and Vertical Integration in the Automobile Industry: Transactions cost […]

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Federal contracts for Covid-19 reach $300 million per day

April 23, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

Federal non-defense COVID-19 contract dollars saw a rapid increase during the month of March to an average of over $300 million obligated each day (Figure […]

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