Essays about: "GAFAM"

Found 4 essays containing the word GAFAM.

  1. 1. The influence of digital platforms in competition law: an accepted or imposed violation of the law?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Apollonie Epin; [2023]
    Keywords : Competition law; digital platforms; DMA; Digital Markets Act; anti-competitive behavior; efficiency of competition law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The GAFAM (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft) play an important role in our daily lives as they are always collecting intangible assets, data, and are competing for consumers attention. These platforms arose, grew faster than their competitors and strengthened their position to a point where they clearly dominate the market, occupying almost monopolistic positions. READ MORE

  3. 2. The proposed Digital Markets Act

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Magdalena Rietzler; [2022]
    Keywords : Digital; DMA; EU; Law; Competition; Proposal; DigitalMarkets; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The market power of digital platforms and ecosystems has probably been the most discussed and concerning topic in competition policy in the last years. Some companies in the area of digital platforms have grown so rapidly that they now dominate entire industries. READ MORE

  4. 3. Capturing killer acquisitions in the digital sector: Article 102, EU Merger Control and Commission’s approach

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Markus Pentti Ilari Porkka; [2022]
    Keywords : Killer acquisitions; GAFAM; digital sector; digital markets; kill zone; Article 102; potential competitor; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The ‘killer acquisition’ -phenomenon has been a subject of heated discussion for past several years. It usually describes as a situation where the target company, commonly a start-up, is acquired by an incumbent and its innovation products are discontinued. READ MORE

  5. 4. Killer acquisitions and European merger control in the digital era

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Aline Alves Fulgencio; [2021]
    Keywords : killer acquisitions; GAFAM; EU mergers regulation; US antitrust law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : 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