The European Lilliputians attacking IBM: Balancing innovation and competition in the European Commission's first big antitrust case (1973–1984).

The European Commission's case against IBM for abuse of dominant position (1973–1984) was at the time by far the biggest in the short history of EEC antitrust policy, and would remain so long afterwards. It also set an important precedent for the use of interoperability as competition law remedy. Th...

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Publicado en:Business History Vol. 62; no. 5; pp. 837 - 858
Autor principal: Van Laer, Arthe
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul2020
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