Born on 10 January 1966, a citizen of Wünnewil/FR, Olivier Schaller studied Law at the Universities of Fribourg (Dr.iur.), Freiburg-im-Breisgau (LL.M.) and San Diego (CA/USA). He worked as a senior research officer in the COMCO Secretariat and then as head of the Market Control Section at the Money Laundering Control Authority (Bern). Since 1 February 2003, he has been Vice-Director of the Secretariat of the COMCO.
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Although the concept of countervailing power has been developed in the 1950s, it has always been used sparingly by the competition authorities. While facing powerful firms, small and medium enterprises (SME) are tempted to collude in order to improve their bargaining power. This article (...)
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