Competition law, regulation & SMEs in the Asia-Pacific : understanding the small business perspective / edited by Michael T. Schaper and Cassey Lee.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schaper, Michael (Professor), editor.

Lee, Cassey, editor.

ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antitrust law--Asia.

Antitrust law.

Small business--Law and legislation--Asia.

Small business.

Antitrust law--Pacific Area.

Small business--Law and legislation--Pacific Area.

Competition, Unfair.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 395 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, 2016.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for more than 90 per cent of all businesses in the Asia-Pacific region - an area which is rapidly updating its competition laws and regulations to encourage greater entrepreneurship and open, dynamic economies. Yet SMEs are almost invisible when those competition policies and laws are developed and enforced. SMEs are often quite different businesses than large, multinational corporations, but their nature, significance and characteristics are often overlooked. This book seeks to rectify the relative neglect in research and policy discussions on the role of the SME sector in competition policy and law. Drawing on contributions from a wide range of competition regulators, lawyers, academics, consultants and advisers to the SME sector, it addresses such important issues as:<br><br>• perceptions and views of small businesses about competition law;<br>• regulator engagement and education of the SME sector;<br>• the link between competition law and economic growth;<br>• franchising, SMEs and competition law;<br>• issues in enforcing competition law against SMEs;<br>• the role of Chinese family firms;<br>• trade, professional and industry associations;<br>• country case studies from Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, South Korea, Hong Kong SAR, Japan and the Pacific Islands.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

FOREWORD / Bollard, Alan E.

About the Contributors

1. Introduction: Making the Invisible SME More Visible in Competition Policy and Law / Schaper, Michael T. / Lee, Cassey

Section 1: Theories And Basic Concepts

2. Smes, Competition Law, and Economic Growth / Lee, Cassey / Yuhua, Bernadine Zhang

3. Competition Policy and Sme Policy: Strange Bedfellows? / Tan, Wee-Liang / Poh, Lip-Hang

4. The Competitive Experience of Uk Smes: Fair and Unfair / Storey, David

5. Competition Regulator Engagement with the Small 85 Business Sector / Mundy, Warren / Davidson, Paul

6. Developing Online Competition Law Education Tools 103 for SMEs / Schaper, Michael T. / Cejnar, Leela

Section 2: Smes And Competition Law

7. The Application of Per Ses to Smes: The Type 1 Error 123 No One Notices? / Merrett, Alexandra / Smith, Rhonda L. / Trindade, Rachel

8. Enforcing Competition Law Against SMEs: Presumptions and Problems / Teong, Vince See Eng / Fukunaga, Yoshifumi

9. How Competition Law May Affect Franchised SMEs in Apec Economies / Buchan, Jenny

10. Chinese Family Firms in Southeast Asia: Special Problems for Competition Law? / McEwin, R. Ian

11. Trade Associations: Competition Law Advocates or 192 Offenders? / Burgess, Rachel

Section 3: Country Studies

12. Competition Law, Regulation, and Trade: Implications for Productivity and Innovation in Singaporean Manufacturing SMEs / Bali, Azad Singh / McKiernan, Peter / Vas, Christopher / Waring, Peter

13. SME Law and Abuse of a Superior Bargaining Position 230 in Japan / Hayashi, Shuya / Wu, Kunlin

14. Competition Law, Policy, and Smes in South Korea / Kim, Sun Hyung Sonya / Kim, Yong Jung

15. Competition Law Implementation and Smes: Singapore's Experience / Tan, Wee-Liang / Poh, Lip-Hang

16. Competition Law and SMEs in Indonesia / Tambunan, Tulus T. H.

17. Smes and Malaysia's New Competition Law: Experiences to Date / Raj, Shila Dorai / Burgess, Rachel

18. Competition Policy and SME Development in Vietnam / Le, Viet / Harvie, Charles

19. China's Anti-Monopoly Law and the SME Sector / Williams, Mark

20. A New Competition Agency Learns to Deal with Smes: The Case of the Hong Kong Competition Commission / Fournier, Knut

21. The Regulation of Television Programme Production 359 Contracts under Japan's Subcontract Act / Takahashi, Iwakazu

22. Small Enterprises and Competition Policy in Pacific Island Countries / Simpson, Andrew F. / Fisse, Brent

index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Aug 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789814695817

9814695815

OCLC:

958182701