Wholesale and retail trade affiliates owned by parent firms in manufacturing account for a considerable fraction of overall affiliate sales. Although quantitatively important, this Export-Supporting FDI (ESFDI) activity has received little attention in the literature. This paper includes ESFDI...

Wholesale and retail trade affiliates owned by parent firms in manufacturing account for a considerable fraction of overall affiliate sales. Although quantitatively important, this Export-Supporting FDI (ESFDI) activity has received little attention in the literature. This paper includes ESFDI...

Der durchschnittliche Jahresumsatz der Großhandelsunternehmen in der BRD belief sich 1988 auf 7 Mio. DM, wovon über die Hälfte der Unternehmen Jahresumsätze von weniger als 1 Mio. DM und gut zwei Fünftel der Unternehmen Jahresumsätze zwischen 1 und 25 Mio.DM tätigten. Auf die im...

In 2008, the European Commission investigated E.ON, a large and vertically integrated electricity company, for the alleged abuse of a joint dominant position by strategically withholding generation capacity. The case was settled after E.ON agreed to divest 5,000 MW generation capacity as well as...