Essays about: "European Commission Issues"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 104 essays containing the words European Commission Issues.
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21. Killer acquisitions and European merger control in the digital era
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrättAbstract : The Big Tech companies, more precisely the five American giants: Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft, have been performing a massive number of startup acquisitions and strengthening their dominant position in the market. In an economical study about mergers in the pharmaceutical sector the term killer acquisition was firstly adopted to define a transaction in which an incumbent, after acquiring a innovative target, terminates the development of the target’s innovations in order to prevent a future competitor. READ MORE
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22. Connectivity in Action: Activist Comments as Evidence of a Pan-European Public Sphere on Social Media. A Case Study of the European Commission’s Instagram Page
University essay from Lunds universitet/EuropastudierAbstract : The features of social media platforms not only enable the communication between citizens and political actors or institutions, in the form of comments, but also help in magnifying citizens’ voices and opinions and facilitating mass mobilization or political protests. The European Union institutions seem to understand the capacity of social media as a locus for citizen engagement, be it activism or deliberation, and have thus developed a strong presence across platforms. READ MORE
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23. A Paradigm Shift in the Regulation of Digital Platforms? - Ex-Ante Market Rules for Contestable and Fair Digital Markets
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrättAbstract : This thesis poses structural and behavioural competition problems in digital markets in terms of core platforms services provided by the gatekeepers under the proposed Digital Markets Act by the European Commission, where such problems are the most evident. This thesis analyses whether existing competition and more sector-specific legal tools are functional to address these problems. READ MORE
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24. Europe and the Challenge for Identity: the European institutions and the ‘European values’ as criteria for identity
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Over the last decade, Europe has been the scene of an increased and generalized sense of ‘Euroscepticism’, expressed through a growing feeling of rejection towards the European Union, its institutions and values. This phenomenon has further resulted in a questioning of the EU’s legitimacy, with an emerging opposition to the principle of supranational governance executed by the EU observed across the Union. READ MORE
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25. Digital Services Tax - A feasible solution for Taxation of the Digital Economy?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : During the 21th century, digitalization is considered the most important development of the modern global economy. Tax avoidance is a growing issue for governments globally, that are loosing lots of tax money to finance public welfare systems supporting healthcare, educational institutions and infrastructures. READ MORE
