Healthy competition is one of the foundations of modern market economies, driving innovation, lower prices, higher quality, entrepreneurship, and consumer choice. At the same time, governments around the world enforce antitrust and competition laws to prevent anti-competitive behavior such as monopolization, price fixing, market allocation, abuse of market power, and anti-competitive mergers. Every executive, entrepreneur, investor, and business leader must understand how competition law influences strategic decision-making, market expansion, partnerships, acquisitions, pricing strategies, platform businesses, and long-term corporate growth.
Antitrust & Market Competition is a practical, executive-oriented course designed to equip Junior MBA students with the strategic knowledge necessary to compete aggressively while operating within legal and ethical boundaries. Rather than focusing on legal doctrine or litigation, the course emphasizes business strategy, market dynamics, competitive intelligence, innovation, pricing decisions, mergers and acquisitions, digital platforms, artificial intelligence, corporate governance, regulatory risk management, and executive leadership.
Students will explore competitive strategy, market structure, dominant market positions, strategic alliances, vertical integration, platform economics, digital competition, global competition policy, innovation ecosystems, and organizational decision-making. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on practical business application, preparing future leaders to compete responsibly while creating sustainable competitive advantage in domestic and global markets.
Course Objectives
By the conclusion of this course, students will be able to:
• Understand the strategic purpose of antitrust and competition laws in modern economies.
• Recognize business practices that may create competition-related risks.
• Develop competitive strategies that encourage innovation while respecting legal boundaries.
• Evaluate mergers, partnerships, and market expansion from a competition perspective.
• Understand how digital platforms and artificial intelligence are transforming competition.
• Integrate competition awareness into executive decision-making.
• Strengthen organizational governance through responsible competitive practices.
• Build sustainable competitive advantages through innovation rather than market restriction.
• Evaluate competitive environments across domestic and international markets.
• Lead organizations that achieve long-term success through ethical and responsible competition.
