Vertical Price Coordination and Brand Care

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Prohibition of Resale Price Maintenance
2013
ISBN: 978-3-642-35569-1
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 84 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1533 g

Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Business

Competition law regulates anti-competitive conduct by companies in order to maintain market competition. Cartel law can also cause restraints of competition and therefore, the existing regulations should be checked, revised and updated regularly. This book deals with the prohibition of Resale Price Maintenance, which is intensively discussed in Germany at the moment. It provides a new interdisciplinary approach to the topic that emphasizes the empirically observable marketing perspective, but draws conclusions from competition theory. Thus it reflects on the consumer benefits and welfare effects of RPM legalization at the same time. Since it provides new and constructive class-based suggestions for a re-design of European cartel law, this book should be valuable for researchers, practitioners and politicians.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schefer, Benjamin

Ahlert, Dieter

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz Wettbewerbs- und Kartellrecht, Werberecht
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Marketing
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Europarecht Europäisches Handels-, Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftsrecht, Währungsrecht
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Geschäftswettbewerb

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction to the current problem.- The myth that welfare is promoted by prohibiting vertical price and brand maintenance.- The risk of Resale Price Mainenance prohibition for the effectiveness of inter-brand competition.- The risk of admissible price-maintenance systems for the effectiveness of inter-brand competition.- Competition-policy implications.- Management Summary: 'The Liberation of the Value Chain from Cartel-Law Restraints'.

Über Autor(innen)

Prof. Dr. Dieter Ahlert: Since 1975, Full Professor of Business Administration at the University of Muenster, Germany. Foundation member of the Marketing Center Muenster (MCM). Director of the Department of Retailing and Network Marketing (IfHM) as well as the International Center of Franchising and Cooperation (F&C). Foundation member of the Network Governance Commission. For more than 35 years, Professor Ahlert and his research team have investigated the antitrust and economic problems associated with vertical marketing.

Dipl.-Kfm. Benjamin Schefer: Research assistant at the Department of Retailing and Network Marketing (IfHM) since May 2009. General manager of the Research Center for General and Textile Market Economy (FATM). His research focus mainly on the antitrust and economic problems associated with vertical marketing.