Tag: Market Power
Understanding Market Power
By Nicolas Petit (European University Institute)
Antitrust laws are concerned with controlling market power. In the course of history, the development of antitrust systems of...
Regulating Digital Platforms: Business Models, Technology Architectures, and Governance Rules
In recent years, digital platforms like Facebook, Apple iOS and the Amazon Marketplace have grown so big that they have attracted a lot of...
Platform Regulation: Taking Stock of Lessons from the Media Sector
Over the past few years, online platforms have almost monopolized discussions in legal and policy circles. Various initiatives have recently culminated in legislative proposals....
Merger Control and the Implementation of Remedies in Ecuador: A Case...
By Luis Marin-Tobar1
Introduction
Ecuador is close to reaching the ten-year anniversary of its first domestic competition law, the “Organic Law for the Regulation and Control...
Thailand Publishes New Unfair Trade Practice Guidelines
The Office of the Trade Competition Commission (OTCC) has recently opened a public hearing on the draft new unfair trade practice (section 57) guideline...
Controlling Market Power in Digital Business Ecosystems: Incorporating Unique Economic and...
Digital business ecosystems (“DBEs”) reflect the culmination of progressive changes in business models over the last 40 years. Coupled with the unique economic characteristics...
Antitrust & Privacy: It’s Complicated
By James C. Cooper & John M. Yun (George Mason University)
Privacy and antitrust are on a collision course. Increasingly, privacy practices of large digital...
Potential Competition
By Chris Pike (University of East Anglia) & Takuya Ohno (OECD)
This paper discusses the concept of potential competition as an important pro-competitive factor. While...
Daily Mail Owner Hits Google With Antitrust Suit Over Ad Market...
The parent company of the Daily Mail is suing Google over allegations that the Silicon Valley giant has illegally maintained a monopoly in the...
Growth, Girth, and the Last Mover Advantage
By E. Kumar Sharma1
India’s biggest company, Reliance Industries, has acquired a cash-strapped rival to gain a major chunk of the Indian bricks-and-mortar retail.2 The...
