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Antitrust Chronicle® – Moats & Entrenchment

Antitrust Chronicle® – Moats & Entrenchment

November 2024, Volume 1

Dear Readers, The notion of a competitive “moat” (perhaps most famously popularized by investor Warren Buffett), can be understood as a protective barrier that gives a company a durable competitive advantage in its industry. The concept of a “moat” is therefore highly relevant to antitrust analysis, because it can help...

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Antitrust Chronicle® – Moats & Entrenchment
CPI
Nov 29, 2024
Assessing the Potential for Antitrust Moats and Trenches in the Generative AI Industry
Allison Holt, Sushrut Jain, Ashley Zhou
Nov 29, 2024
How SEP Hold-up Can Lead to Entrenchment
Jay Jurata, Elena Kamenir, Christie Boyden
Nov 29, 2024
The Role of Moats in Unlocking Economic Growth
CPI
Nov 29, 2024
Overcoming Moats and Entrenchment: Disruptive Innovation in Generative AI May Be More Successful than Regulation
Simon Chisholm, Charlie Whitehead
Nov 29, 2024
Overlapping Ownership & Market Power Entrenchment
Ricardo Ribeiro
Nov 29, 2024

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