The Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business Series has published to date (2017) 15
volumes since its launch in 2012. Concentrating on the social, cultural, political, political …

Using data on wholesale prices for antibiotics sold to US drugstores, we test the growing
theoretical literature on 'countervailing power'(a term for the ability of large buyers to extract …

This article focuses on the recent wave of M&A activity, both vertical and horizontal, in TV
broadcasting and distribution industries, and discusses the implications of M&A activity for …

Over-the-top media firms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu are transforming the
coopetition relationship among media firms in the broadcasting market and the structure of …

Competition between firms is usually the most effective way of delivering economic
efficiency and what consumers want. However, there is a balance to be struck. Firms must …

Background: Many of public hospitals in Japan have had a deficit for a long time. Japanese
local governments have been encouraging public hospitals to use group purchasing of …

Structural changes in TV markets are resulting in carriage disputes that have spread from
the United States to Europe. A carriage dispute refers to a disagreement between a pay-TV …

In this dissertation, the focus is on the (evolving) configurations of power and control in
broadcaster-to-distributor markets. Technological developments, as well as changes in the …

The purpose of this paper is to provide a simple model to explain buyer–supplier
relationships and identify factors that determine the chosen number of trading partners. We …

Merger analysis has generally developed with a focus on mergers among sellers and
whether a merger will create or enhance seller market power. The issue of buyer power …