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The code review industry is dominated by a cartel formed by the top five code audit firms, and that cartel creates high barriers to entry for new players in the code review market.

The top five code audit firms form a cartel. The cartel of the top 5 audit firms also creates high barriers to entry for new players to enter into the code review market.

Wulf A. Kaal, How DAOs Optimize Open-Source Code Reviews and Create Open-Source Standards (2021), Cartels, p. 13
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Wulf A. Kaal, How DAOs Optimize Open-Source Code Reviews and Create Open-Source Standards (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3995709

• the code review and audit market as of 2021

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• restated_by kaal:claim:4734750-015 Market concentration among the top five audit firms itself creates high barriers to entry for new participants...
• extended_by kaal:claim:4734750-006 The 2024 code review market is dominated by a few centralized firms that can charge exorbitant, monopoly-like ...
• extended_by kaal:claim:4755632-017 The more hierarchical the code review process, the lower the quality of the reviewed code, and the same holds ...
• extended_by kaal:claim:4734750-022 Universal access combined with a public bidding price discovery methodology produces low barriers to entry in ...

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