Open AccessA Comparative Analysis Of Competition And Anti-Trust Law For The Major Industrialized Nations
Author(s) -
Faramarz Damanpour
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the international business and economic research journal/the international business and economics research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2157-9393
pISSN - 1535-0754
DOI - 10.19030/iber.v4i6.3597
Subject(s) - multinational corporation , competition (biology) , international trade , business , mergers and acquisitions , european union , process (computing) , international economics , economics , finance , ecology , biology , computer science , operating system
Global investments have grew tremendously in the recent years. As a result, mergers and acquisitions are becoming a daily occurrences. To achieve their goals, multinational corporations have to go through the process of filing for permissions with the various antitrust authorities in various countries with different rules and regulations. This paper deals with the antitrust laws and rules and regulations in the three major regions in which most mergers occurs. The regions and countries under consideration are the United States of America, Japan and the European Union.