Small companies will benefit from tax benefits, funding, sharing of relevant information, etc. An appropriate legal framework can promote growth. AOL believes that government intervention is necessary to provide harmonised IPR rules, encryption rules, a liberal trading environment and open and competitive access. Intervention will increase regulatory risk. Over-regulation may damage business opportunities.
Competitiveness is reduced through increased costs due to regulation.
Regulators can't keep up with the pace of change. Some government intervention required for certain issues such as fraud, taxation, intellectual property, privacy, and criminal. A stable, legal, framework required to promote business activities. Self-regulation is required to deal with different national legislation and prevents discouragement of growth. There is a spectrum of views on the topic of regulation.