Competition Law, Regulation and SMEs in the Asia-Pacific : : Understanding the Small Business Perspective / / ed. by MIchael T. Schaper, Cassey Lee.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Bali, Azad Singh,; Bollard, Alan E.,; Buchan, Jenny,; Burgess, Rachel,; Cejnar, Leela,; Davidson, Paul,; Fisse, Brent,; Fournier, Knut,; Fukunaga, Yoshifumi,; Harvie, Charles,; Hayashi, Shuya,; Kim, Sun Hyung Sonya,; Kim, Yong Jung,; Le, Viet,; Lee, Cassey,; McEwin, R. Ian,; McKiernan, Peter,; Merrett, Alexandra,; Mundy, Warren,; Poh, Lip-Hang,; Raj, Shila Dorai,; Schaper, Michael T.,; Simpson, Andrew F.,; Smith, Rhonda L.,; Storey, David,; Takahashi, Iwakazu,; Tambunan, Tulus T. H.,; Tan, Wee-Liang,; Teong, Vince See Eng,; Trindade, Rachel,; Vas, Christopher,; Waring, Peter,; Williams, Mark,; Wu, Kunlin,; Yuhua, Bernadine Zhang,
• HerausgeberIn: Lee, Cassey,; Schaper, MIchael T.,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (416 p.)

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: - perceptions and views of small businesses about competition law; - regulator engagement and education of the SME sector; - the link between competition law and economic growth; - franchising, SMEs and competition law; - issues in enforcing competition law against SMEs; - the role of Chinese family firms; - trade, professional and industry associations; - country case studies from Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, South Korea, Hong Kong SAR, Japan and the Pacific Islands. "This book is an important step in remedying the gaps in our knowledge and policy of this important area." -- Dr Alan Bollard, Executive Director, APEC Secretariat

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- FOREWORD -- About the Contributors -- 1. Introduction: Making the Invisible SME More Visible in Competition Policy and Law -- Section 1: Theories And Basic Concepts -- 2. Smes, Competition Law, and Economic Growth -- 3. Competition Policy and Sme Policy: Strange Bedfellows? -- 4. The Competitive Experience of Uk Smes: Fair and Unfair -- 5. Competition Regulator Engagement with the Small 85 Business Sector -- 6. Developing Online Competition Law Education Tools 103 for SMEs -- Section 2: Smes And Competition Law -- 7. The Application of Per Ses to Smes: The Type 1 Error 123 No One Notices? -- 8. Enforcing Competition Law Against SMEs: Presumptions and Problems -- 9. How Competition Law May Affect Franchised SMEs in Apec Economies -- 10. Chinese Family Firms in Southeast Asia: Special Problems for Competition Law? -- 11. Trade Associations: Competition Law Advocates or 192 Offenders? -- Section 3: Country Studies -- 12. Competition Law, Regulation, and Trade: Implications for Productivity and Innovation in Singaporean Manufacturing SMEs -- 13. SME Law and Abuse of a Superior Bargaining Position 230 in Japan -- 14. Competition Law, Policy, and Smes in South Korea -- 15. Competition Law Implementation and Smes: Singapore's Experience -- 16. Competition Law and SMEs in Indonesia -- 17. Smes and Malaysia's New Competition Law: Experiences to Date -- 18. Competition Policy and SME Development in Vietnam -- 19. China's Anti-Monopoly Law and the SME Sector -- 20. A New Competition Agency Learns to Deal with Smes: The Case of the Hong Kong Competition Commission -- 21. The Regulation of Television Programme Production 359 Contracts under Japan's Subcontract Act -- 22. Small Enterprises and Competition Policy in Pacific Island Countries -- index