The Interaction Between Competition Law and Corporate Governance

Florence Thépot is a lecturer in Competition Law at the University of Glasgow and holds a Ph.D. from University College London. Her research focuses on the law and economics of competition, with an emphasis on issues at the interface with corporate governance. She received the Young Writers' Award by Kluwer Law International for an article on two-sided platforms. In 2014, she was an American Bar Association International Scholar-in-Residence.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical foundations; Part I. The Conception of the Firm: Moving Boundaries: 3. The firm in competition law; 4. The single entity doctrine in vertical relations; 5. The single entity doctrine in horizontal relations; Part II. Opening the 'Black Box': The Case of Cartels: 6. Corporate governance insights into cartels; 7. Cartel enforcement: sanctions and leniency; 8. Cartel enforcement: corporate compliance programmes; 9. Conclusion.

'Overall, this is an appealing, well-structured monograph, which explains in an approachable manner a set of very complex and controversial problems that emerge when competition law scholarship searches for guidance from neighbouring areas, which know the internal mechanics of the corporate/institutional decision-making process better.' Oles Andriychuk, European Intellectual Property Review