Not exact matches
«Our various proposals to change Section 46 are in essence not aimed at what happens
on the playing field, but instead seek to address exclusionary behaviour akin to when one team with
substantial market power has locked the other in their change rooms and is seeking to win by default.»
The following articles are focussed predominantly
on economic issues, such as
market definition,
market power and
substantial lessening of competition; many other papers also discuss economic issues - see the main reading room for more resources.
There are several other well recognised criteria which are more indicative of the presence (or absence) of
market power, particularly the existence of
substantial entry barriers, and the relative freedom from constraints imposed
on a firm by its competitors and customers, which should be considered in order to determine a firm's
market power.
Price discrimination occurs widely across the economy and does not depend
on the possession of
substantial market power.»
[5.8] There are several other well recognised criteria which are much more indicative of whether there is
market power, particularly the existence of
substantial entry barriers, and relative freedom from constraints imposed
on a firm by its competitors and customers.
Finally,
on a pure process level, I am wary of a world without agents or publishers: that would mean that you have large booksellers, who have
substantial market power, dealing with authors directly, the vast majority of whom do not have any
substantial market power, and where there are antitrust issues that may arise from collective action.
Given the burdensome cost imposed by current fuel prices
on commuters and others who need to drive
substantial distances, the possibility of
powering one's family vehicle with fuel that can cost as little as one - tenth of today's gasoline (in the U.S.
market) should solve rapidly the question whether there would be public interest in and acceptability of plug - in hybrids.
In the US, there has been
substantial political pressure over the role of coal in the electricity system, leading to energy secretary Rick Perry to order a study
on grid reliability and baseload
power, which led to a controversial rule from the US Department of Energy allowing conventional generators to receive costs from suppliers to remain available, even when they are not required by the
market.
There is no doubt that China had the
power to set the global price of Bitcoin and can exert
substantial influence
on Bitcoin (
market) and even the blockchain industry.