Essays about: "killer acquisitions"

Showing result 6 - 7 of 7 essays containing the words killer acquisitions.

1. 6. 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

3. 7. 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