Main description: Der "more economic approach" prägt längst sämtliche Felder der klassischen Wettbewerbspolitik auf Ebene der Europäischen Union, also die Fusionskontrolle, die Missbrauchsaufsicht oder das Kartellverbot.Zunehmend ist jedoch das Bemühen zu beobachten, auch in benachbarten...

Dreißig Jahre nach Erscheinen der ersten Auflage kann die überarbeitete und aktualisierte 9. Auflage vorgelegt werden, die neben einer Vielzahl kleiner Änderungen und Verbesserungen folgende wesentliche Ergänzungen gegenüber der 8. Auflage bringt, die insbesondere durch die Wende in der...

Throughout the world, the rule against price fixing is competition law's most important and least controversial prohibition. Yet there is far less consensus than meets the eye on what constitutes price fixing, and prevalent understandings conflict with the teachings of oligopoly theory that...

Biotechnology and Competitive Advantage investigates the development of biotechnology in Europe and the United States. It examines why Europe has fallen behind in applying biotechnology, when its scientific capabilities are largely comparable to those in the US. In addition it sheds new light on...

Worldwide, postal and delivery economics has attracted considerable interest as the delivery sector undergoes rapid change and the debate on liberalization rages. This compendium of original essays has been selected from papers presented at the Rutgers University CRRI 14th Conference on Postal...

Die wachsende Verbreitung von FuE-Kooperationen zwischen konkurrierenden Unternehmen führt zu der Frage, ob, und wenn ja, unter welchen Bedingungen diese Kooperationen den Wettbewerb beschränken. Die Analyse der möglichen Wohlfahrtseffekte, die von FuE-Kooperationen ausgehen, zeigt, daß sie...

Foreword -- 1 Reshuffling the world -- 2 Chinese Culture, Strategy and Innovation.- 3 Innovation Policies in China, US and EU -- 4 Demystifying Strategic Innovation.- 5 Strategic Innovation in Practice -- 6 How to Win the Battle on Innovation?

This handbook assesses the contemporary relevance, purpose, and performance of the corporation. The corporation is one of the most significant, if contested, innovations in human history, and the direction and effectiveness of corporate law, corporate governance, and corporate performance are...

Competition policy debates on digital platform markets are often premised on the idea that market fragmentation and the standard forces of competition and entry may provide a potential solution to excessive concentration and market power. In this work, Francesco Ducci provides readers with a...