{"title":"Platform businesses and market definition","authors":"Rhonda L. Smith, A. Duke","doi":"10.1080/17441056.2020.1851477","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Since the recognition of the platform business model, the following dichotomy has been largely accepted – analyze the conduct of a transaction platform in a single market including both customer groups and the conduct of a non-transaction platform in separate markets based on customer groups. In this article we argue that a single market should be defined to assess the effects of conduct engaged by a nontransaction platform business. Such an approach is consistent with the purposive nature of market definition, recognizes that conduct (anti-competitive or otherwise) has implications for the whole platform business and avoids conduct being incorrectly classified.","PeriodicalId":52118,"journal":{"name":"European Competition Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/17441056.2020.1851477","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"European Competition Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17441056.2020.1851477","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT Since the recognition of the platform business model, the following dichotomy has been largely accepted – analyze the conduct of a transaction platform in a single market including both customer groups and the conduct of a non-transaction platform in separate markets based on customer groups. In this article we argue that a single market should be defined to assess the effects of conduct engaged by a nontransaction platform business. Such an approach is consistent with the purposive nature of market definition, recognizes that conduct (anti-competitive or otherwise) has implications for the whole platform business and avoids conduct being incorrectly classified.
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The European Competition Journal publishes outstanding scholarly articles relating to European competition law and economics. Its mission is to help foster learning and debate about how European competition law and policy can continue to develop in an economically rational way. Articles published in the Journal are subject to rigorous peer review by leading experts from around Europe. Topics include: -Vertical and Conglomerate Mergers -Enlargement of the Union - the ramifications for Competition Policy -Unilateral and Coordinated Effects in Merger Control -Modernisation of European Competition law -Cartels and Leniency.
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