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The Analysis of Market Definition and Market Power in the Context of Rapid Innovation

In: Essays In Technology Management And Policy Selected Papers of David J Teece

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  • Christopher Pleatsikas

    (LECG Inc., 2000 Powell St. No. 600, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA)

  • David Teece

    (University of California, Institute of Management, Innovation and Orginization (IMIO), F402 Hass School of Business 930, Berkeley, CA 94720-1930, USA)

Abstract

The basis for competition in many high technology industries is fundamentally different from that in more mature and stable industries. Most obviously, there is a much greater emphasis on performance-based, rather than price-based, competition. In addition, the competitive dynamic is different as well, with product often highly differentiated and periodic discontinuous paradigm shifts that can completely overwhelm per-existing market positions. The objective of this paper is to review and evaluate some of the traditional techniques used to define markets and measure market power in antitrust analysis. Most significantly, the limitations of these techniques when applied in high technology contexts are revealed, particular when inherently static analytical frameworks are employed. Often their use results in markets that are defined too narrowly, with the consequence that market power is overestimated. To rectify these problems, several alternative methods are suggested. Any method applied in a high technology context must have due regard for the dynamic nature of competition in such industries and must utilize an appropriate time horizon for analysis.

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  • Christopher Pleatsikas & David Teece, 2003. "The Analysis of Market Definition and Market Power in the Context of Rapid Innovation," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Essays In Technology Management And Policy Selected Papers of David J Teece, chapter 14, pages 385-416, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    JEL classification:

    • C44 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Operations Research; Statistical Decision Theory
    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D

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