Competition Policy and Antitrust Law: Implications of Developments in Supply Chain Management

Gregory T. Gundlach, Robert Frankel and Riley T. Krotz

Journal of Supply Chain Management, 2019, vol. 55, issue 2, 47-67

Abstract: Building on research in supply chain management (SCM) that aids in the workings of society, the authors illustrate how SCM research can advance public policy and law. Using competition policy and antitrust law as an example, they consider how developments in SCM thought and practice augment economic understanding of vertical restraints involving minimum resale price maintenance (RPM). Developments affecting the organization of supply chains, firm‐level strategies for the management of retail distribution, and the interactions of supply chain participants are investigated. The findings advance knowledge of the primary procompetitive and anticompetitive theories of RPM found in competition policy and antitrust law. They also illustrate the potential of SCM to expand its reach and impact through studies that address the interplay of SCM and public policy and law.

Date: 2019
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (4)

Downloads: (external link)
https://doi.org/10.1111/jscm.12196

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:jscmgt:v:55:y:2019:i:2:p:47-67

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.blackwell ... bs.asp?ref=1523-2409

Access Statistics for this article

Journal of Supply Chain Management is currently edited by Lisa Ellram, Craig Carter and Chad Autry

More articles in Journal of Supply Chain Management from Institute for Supply Management
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Wiley Content Delivery ().