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Sterner, Martin & Wingerter, Eugen 2023. economic foundations of digital platforms. Business Studies and Competition 11, 604-606.
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Digital platforms are a central component of the digital economy. Their rapid development and special characteristics have prompted intensive discussions in science and practice
and practice, numerous investigations by competition authorities worldwide and the introduction of new rules for digital competition.
digital competition. This article explains the economic
economic foundations of digital platforms in order to facilitate participation in further interdisciplinary exchange on the application of
antitrust law in the platform economy.
Keywords
Competition
Platforms
Digital economy
Market power
Network effects