Doing Good Together: Competition Law and the Political Legitimacy of Interfirm Cooperation

Demands have been growing upon firms to take actions in the interests of workers, the environment, local communities, and others. Firms sometimes have felt they could best discharge such responsibilities by cooperating with other firms. This, however, is suspect from the point of view of a purely ec...

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Authors: Claassen, Rutger (Author) ; Gerbrandy, Anna (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2018
In: Business ethics quarterly
Year: 2018, Volume: 28, Issue: 4, Pages: 401-425
Further subjects:B democratic accountability
B competition law
B Political Legitimacy
B interfirm agreements
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