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Ecosystem theory is business strategy, not regulators' invention, UK merger official says

By Lewis Crofts ( April 10, 2024, 21:40 GMT | Insight) -- Companies build ecosystems because they think they can grow their businesses, therefore merger enforcers should investigate them as a dynamic of competition, a senior UK enforcer said. Eleni Gouliou, an official at the UK's Competition and Markets Authority, said regulators hadn't invented the concept as a means of intervening in M&A, rather it is a strategy from the corporate world that naturally draws scrutiny.Companies build ecosystems because they think they can grow their businesses, therefore merger enforcers should investigate them as a dynamic of competition, a senior UK enforcer said....

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