Platforms, Disruptive Innovation, and Competition on the Market

The current academic and policy initiatives to address competition concerns arising from digital platforms rely on a model of competition for the market. That model is presented as a better account of market processes around these platforms than the traditional model of competition in the market. Yet competition for the market has not taken hold in enforcement despite having been around for more than 20 years. This contribution puts forward a model of competition on the market, where market defi