A note on conglomerate mergers: The Google/Fitbit case

Nakagawa, Akihiko; Matsushima, Noriaki

Japan and the World Economy, 2023, 67, 101203

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Title
A note on conglomerate mergers: The Google/Fitbit case
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Nakagawa, Akihiko
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0000-0002-7865-3875 0000-0002-7865-3875
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Matsushima, Noriaki
Subject
Competition law enforcement
Conglomerate mergers
Google-Fitbit
Personalized pricing
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Nakagawa A., Matsushima N.. A note on conglomerate mergers: The Google/Fitbit case. Japan and the World Economy 67, 101203 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japwor.2023.101203.
Abstract
We consider conglomerate mergers using the Google/Fitbit case as an example. First, summarizing the importance of conglomerate merger control and the current enforcement standards for such mergers by competition laws, we briefly describe a review of the Google/Fitbit merger by the Japan Fair Trade Commission. Next, we explain the background of the merger and introduce Chen et al. (2022), who theoretically discuss a cross-market merger by considering the Google/Fitbit merger. Finally, we discuss the implications of Chen et al. (2022) for controlling conglomerate mergers. Specifically, personalized pricing based on data analytics can be a foreclosure device; in particular, merger-specific efficiencies can foster market foreclosure.
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Elsevier B.V.
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Japan and the World Economy
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67
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101203
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2023-06-28
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English
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https://hdl.handle.net/11094/92425
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09221425
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AA10679644
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japwor.2023.101203
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© 2023 Published by Elsevier B.V. This manuscript version is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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学術雑誌論文 Journal Article