BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Dynamic Competition Initiative - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Dynamic Competition Initiative X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.dynamiccompetition.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Dynamic Competition Initiative REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Paris BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Paris BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Helsinki BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EEST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EEST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EEST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240305T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240305T190000 DTSTAMP:20260423T002837 CREATED:20240125T130017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240321T084944Z UID:8133-1709658000-1709665200@www.dynamiccompetition.com SUMMARY:DCI Webinar | Situating Dynamic Competition: An Evolution Beyond Chicago DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.dynamiccompetition.com/event/dci-webinar-beyond-chicago/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Online Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.dynamiccompetition.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/stephan-cassara-u1AV4Xc30cs-unsplash-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231205T083000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231205T130000 DTSTAMP:20260423T002837 CREATED:20231010T103545Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231208T114946Z UID:7756-1701765000-1701781200@www.dynamiccompetition.com SUMMARY:Chief Economists Roundtable DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.dynamiccompetition.com/event/chief-economists-roundtable/ LOCATION:Florence\, Italy CATEGORIES:In-person Conference,Live-streamed,Roundtable ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.dynamiccompetition.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-2023-09-14-at-12.34.33.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231129T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231129T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T002837 CREATED:20231106T134726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231202T123742Z UID:7995-1701270000-1701277200@www.dynamiccompetition.com SUMMARY:Online event: Competition & Innovation DESCRIPTION:EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE:INNOVATION & COMPETITION\n\n\n \nThe Dynamic Competition Initiative is pleased to share the recording of our online event entitled “Innovation & Competition”. We presented our latest research on the interplay between competition and innovation\, including a systematic literature review and new evidence. Frederic Jenny\, Chair of the OECD Competition Committee\, presented the OECD’s work in this area ahead of the OECD Roundtable on Innovation and Competition scheduled for December 4\, 2023 URL:https://www.dynamiccompetition.com/event/competition-innovation/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Live-streamed,Online Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.dynamiccompetition.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/o-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20230907T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20230907T190000 DTSTAMP:20260423T002837 CREATED:20230601T110740Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231011T095110Z UID:7760-1694106000-1694113200@www.dynamiccompetition.com SUMMARY:US Draft Merger Guidelines: Perspectives from the Industry DESCRIPTION:DCI Comments on Draft Merger Guidelines 2023 \n– Submission by Bowman Heiden\, Filip Lubinski\, Nicolas Petit\, Thibault Schrepel\, 2023 URL:https://www.dynamiccompetition.com/event/us-draft-merger-guidelines-perspectives-from-the-industry/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Invitation-only,Online Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.dynamiccompetition.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-2023-09-14-at-13.06.32.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230413 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230415 DTSTAMP:20260423T002837 CREATED:20190604T065223Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220714T040933Z UID:480-1681344000-1681516799@www.dynamiccompetition.com SUMMARY:Dynamic Competition Initiative | Annual Conference DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.dynamiccompetition.com/event/annualconference/ LOCATION:Florence\, Italy CATEGORIES:In-person Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.dynamiccompetition.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Florence.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20230125T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20230125T190000 DTSTAMP:20260423T002837 CREATED:20221027T111755Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230127T140140Z UID:6971-1674666000-1674673200@www.dynamiccompetition.com SUMMARY:Roundtable with Carmelo Cennamo DESCRIPTION:The Roundtable will explore M&As in Platform Markets: Understanding the Dynamic Relation between Corporate Activities and Market Activities. \nAbstract: This paper analyzes the impact of corporate activities such as M&As and CVC Investments on market activities (such as new firm entry and exit\, new investment\, etc.)\, considering the other firms in the related industry. Preliminary analysis mainly focuses on the Merger and Acquisition (M&A) corporate activities\, where both acquirer (i.e.\, corporations) and acquiree (i.e.\, target startup) are “platforms”. We adopt an event study approach employing the (global) Pitchbook dataset. Unlike previous findings that focus on negative externalities (e\,g.\, killer competition)\, we find a mixed externality effect for the startups that are similar to the acquiree after the M&A. Preliminary findings indicate a more complex relationship between M&As and market activities\, and suggests that acquisitions might be a positive or negative information signal to the market depending on the underlying state of technological and market development. Additional analysis will be focusing thus on seed investments in target companies before they are acquired (i.e.\, CVC investment) to assess the whole dynamic effect of corporate activities on the shaping of subsequent market activities.    \nDiscussants: \n\nAnnabelle Gawer\, University of Surrey\nAija Leiponen\, Cornell University\n\n \n  \n  \n  \nBig Tech’s Impact on Innovation Trajectories in Platform Markets: Understanding the Dynamic Relation Between Corporate Activities and Market Activities (Carmelo Cennamo\, YangYang Cheng and Claudio Panico) \n– Review by Filip Lubinski\, 2023 \n \n \n \nCarmelo Cennamo is Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at Copenhagen Business School\, Affiliate Professor at SDA Bocconi School of Management\, and has been a faculty member at Bocconi University\, visiting research fellow at Harvard University and visiting professor at IE Business School. A frequent keynote speaker in academic and corporate events\, as well as in broad-appeal events such as World Economic Forum\, TEDx\, Competition Policy International\, Concurrences\, he is a leading expert on competition in digital platform markets\, and on business ecosystems. His research aims at understanding how the peculiarities of multi-sided platforms affect competitive dynamics in digital markets\, traditional sectors\, and the strategies for managing platform ecosystems. His ongoing projects concern the role of market design and ecosystem orchestration by platform firms and the implications for digital transformation of sectors and competition policy. \nHis work has appeared in top academic journals such as Strategic Management Journal\, Organization Science\, Journal of Management Studies\, Journal of Management\, Information Systems Research\, Research Policy\, and has been prized with prestigious acknowledgments and awards. His (single-authored) article “Competing in Digital Markets: A Platform-based Perspective” has received the Best Published Article from the Academy of Managment in Seattle\, August 2022. His article coauthored with Michael G. Jacobides and Annabelle Gawer “Towards a Theory of Ecosystems” has been the most downloaded and read article of the Strategic Managment Journal since its publication. \nOn policy competition\, he launched the Digital Market Competition Forum\, an initiative to bridge academic research and practice on the ways digital platforms create value in the digital economy and promote a research agenda on the pressing challenges for competition regulation in digital markets. was one of three scholars (along with Fiona Scott Morton and Heike Schweitzer) invited by the European Parliament committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) to review the EU Digital Markets Act. Also\, he has provided comments on the UK CMA’s Facebook/GIPHY merger investigation\, as well as on the recent discussion paper by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on the need for new regulation for digital platform services markets. He has also authored different articles on digital platforms regulation in relation to innovation and competition dynamics and the issue of “ecosystem failures”. Carmelo is also the director of the Platform Economy & Regulation monitor\, a recently launched initiative at the SDA Bocconi School of Managment to conduct research on the management practices\, innovation and competition dynamics in the platform economy\, and their implications for policy.     URL:https://www.dynamiccompetition.com/event/roundtable-with-carmelo-cennamo/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Roundtable ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.dynamiccompetition.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/pan-yunbo-EgL0EtzL0Wc-unsplash-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20230117T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20230117T200000 DTSTAMP:20260423T002837 CREATED:20220929T123850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230124T225508Z UID:6924-1673978400-1673985600@www.dynamiccompetition.com SUMMARY:Roundtable with Neil Chilson DESCRIPTION:In his book\, Neil Chilson makes the case that the best response to complexity is an emergent mindset that seeks opportunities to “get out of control.” This mindset requires people to embrace their autonomy as individuals and admit limitations as part of something larger. \nThe emergent mindset confounds managers grasping for control but holds great promise for leaders willing to adopt it. \nDiscussants:  \n  \n\nPeter Klein\nAsta Pundziene\n\n \n  \n  \n  \nBook summary\, (5 pages) by Natalia Moreno Belloso \n \n \n \nNeil Chilson is a senior research fellow for technology and innovation at Stand Together where he spearheads the Stand Together community’s efforts to foster an environment that encourages innovation and the individual and societal progress it makes possible. He is also author of the book\, Getting Out of Control: Emergent Leadership in a Complex World. \nPrior to his current role\, Chilson was the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) chief technologist. In this capacity\, he focused on understanding the economics of privacy\, convening a workshop on informational injury\, and establishing the FTC’s Blockchain Working Group\, among other things. Prior to his appointment\, Chilson was an adviser to then-Acting FTC Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen. In both roles he advised Chairman Ohlhausen and worked with commission staff on nearly every major technology-related case\, report\, workshop\, and proceeding. Chilson practiced telecommunications law at Wilkinson Barker Knauer\, LLP before joining the FTC in January 2014. \nChilson is a regular contributor to multiple news outlets\, including the Washington Post\, USA Today\, and Newsweek. \nChilson holds a law degree from the George Washington University Law School and a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign. He received his bachelor’s degree in computer science from Harding University. URL:https://www.dynamiccompetition.com/event/roundtable-with-neil-chilson/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Roundtable ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.dynamiccompetition.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/E_-fpYjWEAA8gGv.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20221102T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20221102T190000 DTSTAMP:20260423T002837 CREATED:20220720T023819Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221108T093620Z UID:6471-1667408400-1667415600@www.dynamiccompetition.com SUMMARY:Roundtable with Doug Melamed DESCRIPTION:The roundtable focused on Prof Doug Melamed’s recent paper titled “Mergers involving nascent competitors”. The paper advances a framework for a narrow prohibition of such mergers\, based on Section 2 of the Sherman Act. More broadly\, the aim with the roundtable was to offer a forum to discuss the law and economics of the treatment of “killer acquisitions” in antitrust policy. \n \nhttps://youtu.be/eaqht7NhBkA \nDiscussants: \n\nAllison Stanger\nDavid Bosco\n\nBackground docs: \nMelamed\, A. Douglas\, Mergers Involving Nascent Competition (January 14\, 2022). Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 566\, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4009229 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4009229 \n  \n  \nLiterature review on killer acquisitions (5 pages)\, by Sara Guidi and Anouk Van der Veer \n \n \n \nDoug Melamed practiced law for 43 years before spending the 2014-15 academic year at the Law School as the Herman Phleger Visiting Professor of Law. He was appointed Professor of the Practice of Law in 2015. \nFrom 2009 until 2014\, Professor Melamed was Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Intel Corporation and was responsible for overseeing Intel’s legal\, government affairs and corporate affairs departments. Prior to joining Intel in 2009\, he was a partner in the Washington\, D.C.\, office of WilmerHale\, a global law firm in which he served as a chair of the Antitrust and Competition Practice Group. His practice included appellate and trial court litigation\, counseling\, and representing clients in matters before government law enforcement and regulatory agencies. He joined WilmerHale’s predecessor in 1971. From 1996 to 2001\, Professor Melamed served in the U.S. Department of Justice as Acting Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division and\, before that\, as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General. \nProfessor Melamed has received numerous professional awards and honors. He has been the Distinguished Visitor from Practice and an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center\, and he has authored numerous articles on antitrust and on law and economics. He is a member of the boards of directors of the Nasdaq exchanges and the American Law Institute and a Contributing Editor of the Antitrust Law Journal. He was for many years a member of the Yale University Council and a member of the board of trustees of Sidwell Friends School in Washington\, D.C.  After graduating from law school\, he clerked for Judge Charles M. Merrill of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. URL:https://www.dynamiccompetition.com/event/dci-roundtable-with-doug-melamed/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Roundtable ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.dynamiccompetition.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screenshot-2022-08-02-at-15.31.40.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220912T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220912T190000 DTSTAMP:20260423T002837 CREATED:20220702T232450Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221115T131107Z UID:6029-1663002000-1663009200@www.dynamiccompetition.com SUMMARY:Roundtable with Steve Cernak DESCRIPTION:The roundtable focuses on a retrospective analysis of the Allison(GM)/ZF transaction\, 1993. The Allison transaction illustrates the question of competitive pressure from outside the market that merger guidelines require to define. In the transaction\, the DoJ defined a narrow market following standard static tools like the SSNIP test. The market definition made little sense when compared to actual industry reports. What were the constraints\, if any\, that led the DoJ in the particular case to follow that route\, and reject alternative market definitions? And what teaching can we harvest for contemporary cases? \n \nDiscussants: \n\nDoug Melamed\nNicolas Petit\n\n\nBackground docs: \n\nDCI Summary – The GM/ZF (1993) Complaint\nInitial complaint esp. para 35 and following: https://appliedantitrust.com/09_merger_guidelines/07_cases/zf_complaint11_16_1993.pdf\nAllison’s “Why Allison?” landing page\nAllison’s most recent 10-K (Pages 3-23 inclusive are sufficient)\nAllison’s most recent quarterly presentation to investors (Slides 2\, 6\, 7\, and 17 recommended)\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \nThe GM/ZF (1993) Complaint – Natalia Moreno Belloso\, 2022 \n \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \nA Framework for Antitrust Retrospectives – Illustrated by the 1993 Antitrust Case Against General Motors’ Sale of Allison Transmission – Nicolas Petit\, 2022 \n \n \n \nSteven Cernak is a respected leader in the international antitrust and competition law community. He served as in-house antitrust attorney at General Motors for more than 20 years\, ultimately responsible for global antitrust compliance\, merger reviews and litigation. As a result\, Steve has experience tackling the toughest antitrust issues\, and explaining them to everyone in an organization from the CEO to workers in the factories. \nAfter leaving GM\, Steve spent seven years at Schiff Hardin’s Ann Arbor office\, serving clients both inside and outside the automotive community. As he did at Schiff Hardin\, Steve now assists clients big and small on a wide array of competition and consumer protection matters\, including compliance programs; joint efforts with competitors; pricing strategies and programs; and merger reviews and filings. \nSteve has served in the leadership of the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association for more than 20 years\, and is currently the Section Committee Chief. That position keeps him connected to the global community and up-to-date on developments. \nSteve is a prolific writer for The Antitrust Lawyer Blog\, WoltersKluwer’s AntitrustConnect Blog and various Law360\, Lexis and Westlaw publications. The second edition of his textbook of antitrust summaries and materials\, Antitrust Simulations\, was published in 2019 by West Academic. He updates his Antitrust in Distribution and Franchising annually for publication in the LexisNexis Antitrust Law & Strategy Series. Steve is also a frequent commenter on antitrust developments\, both on social and mainstream media. \nSteve is a regular teacher at both the University of Michigan Law School and the Thomas M. Cooley Law School Corporate & Finance LLM program. He also taught for three years at Wayne State University Law School. URL:https://www.dynamiccompetition.com/event/dci-roundtable-w-steve-cernak/ CATEGORIES:Roundtable ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.dynamiccompetition.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Screenshot-2022-08-30-at-11.14.03.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20220721T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20220721T110000 DTSTAMP:20260423T002837 CREATED:20190530T125124Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220805T070917Z UID:267-1658395800-1658401200@www.dynamiccompetition.com SUMMARY:Dynamic Competition Initiative | Launch Event DESCRIPTION:The DCI launch was an open\, virtual event where we discussed Dynamism\, Competition\, and the key principles\, commitments\, and activities of our Initiative. Below is the agenda: \nWelcome and Introduction \n\nBowman Heiden (UC-Berkeley and UGOT)\nThibault Schrepel (VU Amsterdam and Stanford)\n\nSession 1\, Dynamism? \nModerator: \n\nThibault Schrepel (VU Amsterdam and Stanford)\n\nPanelists: \n\nDavid Teece (UC-Berkeley and BRG)\nConnie Helfat (Dartmouth)\n\nSession 2\, Competition? \nModerator: \n\nNicolas Petit (EUI and College of Europe)\n\nPanelist: \n\nBill Kovacic (George Washington University)\nIoanna Constantiou (Copenhagen Business School)\n\nSession 3\, Initiative?  \n\nNicolas Petit (EUI and College of Europe\n\nBuy Ticket URL:https://www.dynamiccompetition.com/event/launch-event/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Online Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.dynamiccompetition.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cedric-letsch-RRCGUnUC-FU-unsplash-1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR