Ecosystems by Digital Platforms
The 5th Competition Policy Research Center Osaka Symposium
October 28, 2022
Competition Policy Research Center
In recent years, it has been pointed out that giant digital platform operators are entering into business fields other than their core business and providing various services, thereby forming and expanding so-called "ecosystems”, the networks that complement their core business and generate further synergies, and strengthening their market position.
For firms that participate in the ecosystems and provide services, digital platform operators are not only providers of platform services, but can also be competitors that provide competing services while having strong power to set rules regarding the ecosystems and thus exclude them from the ecosystems.
In order to deepen the understandings of ecosystems with such characteristics by giant digital platform operators, at this symposium experts give presentations and have panel discussions on the ecosystems, focusing on their business models and influence to competition (positive and negative aspects) as well as policy issues/challenges.
1 Date and Venue
| Date | 16:30 - 18:45, December 2, 2022 (Fri) * Japan Standard Time (JST) |
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| Venue | Online and Osaka Bar Association Building |
| Language | English - Japanese (with simultaneous interpretation) |
| Admission Charge | Free |
| Organizer | Competition Policy Research Center (CPRC), Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) |
| Co-organized by | Osaka Bar Association, Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association, Kobe University (JSPS KAKENHI Scientific Research(A)”Rebuilding of a new competition policy for innovation and platform business”), Fair Trade Institute |
| Supported by | Kansai Economic Federation |
2 Agenda
16:30-16:35 Opening Remarks
| MATSUSHIMA Noriaki (Professor, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University / Director, CPRC) |
16:35-16:50 Introduction
| WAKUI Masako (Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University) |
16:50-17:20 Keynote Speech
| The feature, role and responsibilities of ecosystems’ business Annabelle Gawer (Chaired Professor in Digital Economy; Director, Surrey Centre of Digital Economy, University of Surrey) |
17:20-17:50 Presentation
| Self-preference by digital platforms ZENNYO Yusuke (Outstanding Professor, Institute for Advanced Research and Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University) |
17:50-17:55 Break
17:55-18:40 Panel Discussion
| Moderator: | MATSUSHIMA Noriaki (Professor, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University / Director, CPRC) |
| Panelists: | Annabelle Gawer (Chaired Professor in Digital Economy; Director, Surrey Centre of Digital Economy, University of Surrey) ZENNYO Yusuke (Outstanding Professor, Institute for Advanced Research and Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University) KOBAYASHI Shintaro (Public Policy Group Manager, ICT Media Consulting Department, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.) SAKO Kagenori (Partner, Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners) SENSUI Fumio (Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kobe University) |
18:40-18:45 Closing Remarks
| SENSUI Fumio (Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kobe University) |
3 Presentation materials
・WAKUI Masako(PDF:1,638KB）
・ZENNYO Yusuke(PDF:46KB)
＜contact＞
Secretariat, Competition Policy Research Center, Japan Fair Trade Commission
E-mail: cprcsec_at_jftc.go.jp (Please replace “_at_” with “@”)
