---
id: "action-engage-regulators"
type: "action-item"
source_timestamps: ["§ Implications for businesses."]
tags: ["compliance", "europe", "lobbying"]
related: ["concept-stall-outs", "contrarian-stall-out-neighborhood"]
action: "Actively engage with regulators in slow-growth, high-regulation markets to shape global compliance standards."
outcome: "Creation of highly compliant, privacy-secure products that carry distinct competitive advantages globally."
sources: ["futures"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-futures"
originDay: 2
articleStem: "hbr-foci-75-fragmenting-digital-economy"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/06/what-a-fragmenting-digital-economy-means-for-global-competition"
sourceTitle: "What a Fragmenting Digital Economy Means for Global Competition"
---
# Engage Regulators in Stall Out Countries

**Action:** Do **not** abandon **[[concept-stall-outs]]** markets (e.g., the EU) despite slow growth and heavy compliance burdens. Instead, *actively engage* with regulators there to help shape global rules.

**Rationale:** Products built to meet these strict constraints often gain distinct advantages when exported worldwide — and Stall Out regulation produces a positive spillover for neighbors ([[contrarian-stall-out-neighborhood]]).

**Outcome:** Highly compliant, privacy-secure products with global competitive advantage, plus influence over the standards that propagate outward.