Competition Law and Entrepreneurial Strategies

What it is about

You learn how European and German competition law shapes the economic assessment of corporate strategies in competition. By the end you will be able to analyze legal and economic effects of competitive and innovative strategies and distinguish between legitimate superior business/technological strategies and abuses or restrictions of market power.

What you will be able to do

• Understand the fundamentals of European and German competition law
• Capture the economic effects of competitive and innovative strategies
• Understand the legal framework for evaluating competitive and innovative strategies
• Capture the interplay of economic and legal assessment of corporate and innovation strategies
• Distinguish legitimate superior business/technological strategies from abuse or competition restrictions
• Identify situations and legal remedies in cartel agreements or abuse of market power
• Assess concrete competitive situations legally and economically

What the module consists of

• VorlesungConveying the aims of competition law, fundamentals of competition economics, as well as competition law provisions and their enforcement
• Fallarbeit (Einzel-/Gruppenarbeit)Application of what has been learned to concrete cases for repetition, deepening and practice of structured problem presentation
• DiskussionenExchange and deepening of the content with the instructor and the group

Teaching method

• VortragPresentation of the learning content by the instructor
• DiskussionClarification and deepening of the content in discussion with students
• Fallbearbeitung (Einzel/Gruppe)Application of the material to concrete real-life scenarios for practice and deepening