This paper presents a broad retrospective evaluation of mergers and merger decisions in the digital sector. We first … investigated mergers and whether a more effective merger control regime can be achieved within the current legal framework. … theories of harm in major merger cases in the past few years. We then analyse the characteristics of almost 300 acquisitions …

these multi-sided companies along with each company’s most important market segments. We then track their mergers and …

emergence of new business models. The increasing roles of digital platforms as well as data-driven markets represent two …

Digital platforms operate in multisided markets providing services through the internet to two or more distinct groups … group. Therefore, online platforms usually present both direct network effects, between individual members of the same group … mergers in two-sided markets, taking account of the recent practice of the Commission …

Digital platforms are at the heart of online economic activity, connecting multi-sided markets of producers and … market competition and regulation in addressing these concerns. Traditional (ex-post) antitrust intervention will be less … effective in markets driven by network effects unless it is combined with a proper (ex-ante) regulatory framework. Antitrust …