Making online markets more competitive
The benefits and challenges of conglomerate merger review
Digital technologies are transforming the environment in which firms compete online.
While this change has delivered wide-reaching benefits for consumers, it has also
given rise to potential competition concerns. One such area of concern relates to
conglomerate mergers, which occur between firms that are neither product market competitors
nor in a supply relationship. This Going Digital Toolkit note describes how merger
control, and in particular the review of conglomerate mergers, can be an effective
tool for making online markets more competitive.
Published on March 01, 2021
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