Visa's Abandoned Plan to Acquire Plaid: What Could Have Been a Textbook Case of a Killer Acquisition: Cahier scientifique CIRANO 2021s-39
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26 octobre 2021
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Mergers control Fintech Killer acquisitions Digital ecosystems Foreclosure damages to innovation L - Industrial Organization/L.L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance L - Industrial Organization/L.L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance/L.L1.L12 - Monopoly • Monopolization Strategies L - Industrial Organization/L.L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance/L.L1.L14 - Transactional Relationships • Contracts and Reputation • Networks L - Industrial Organization/L.L4 - Antitrust Issues and Policies/L.L4.L41 - Monopolization • Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices L - Industrial Organization/L.L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior/L.L2.L25 - Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope L - Industrial Organization/L.L8 - Industry Studies: Services/L.L8.L86 - Information and Internet Services • Computer SoftwareSujets proches
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Frédéric Marty et al., « Visa's Abandoned Plan to Acquire Plaid: What Could Have Been a Textbook Case of a Killer Acquisition: Cahier scientifique CIRANO 2021s-39 », Archive ouverte de Sciences Po (SPIRE), ID : 10670/1.qki937
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The applicability of the notion of killer acquisition to digital platforms has long been debated. The case of the proceedings brought by the U.S. Department of Justice against Visa in November 2020 (before their joint dismissal in January 2021) is even more interesting insofar as it makes it possible to illustrate and discuss its different facets ranging from the notion of competition suppression to that of consolidation and extension of the dominant position. Even if the acquisition project was eventually withdrawn, the complaint analysis also makes it possible to question inter-digital ecosystem competition and shed light on the issues related to monitoring acquisitions undertaken by dominant companies.