Innovation: the X-factor in mergers & competition law?

Bruno Liebhaberg is Executive Chairman of the think tank Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) which he founded in 2010.

From 2018 to 2021, he was also the first Chairman of the European Union Observatory on the Online Platform Economy. He is also an Honorary Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles’ Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (SBS-EM ULB) where he taught from 1979 to 2018. Earlier in his career, he advised former European Commission President Jacques Delors on industry and R&D matters related to the completion of the EU Single Market.

He holds a Master’s in management sciences from SBS-EM ULB and a Ph.D. in Industrial Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

¹Also representing B.LIEBHABERG S.A., Director General

²Member of the Strategic Committee

Michele Polo is Full Professor in Economics at Bocconi University and Research Fellow at Igier. His main research interests are in Industrial Organization and Competition Policy, but he has also worked on regulation, voting theory, law enforcement and the economics of organized crime.

He has published several papers in international journals including the Journal of Industrial Economics, the International Journal of Industrial Organization, the European Economics Review and Economic Policy.

He has a B.A. in Economics from Bocconi University, an M.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics, and a Ph.D. in Economics from Bocconi University.

Bruno Jullien is Professor of Economics at the Toulouse School of Economics. In addition, he has held various positions within the Toulouse School of Economics, including Scientific Director from 2014 to 2015, and Deputy Director from 2009 to 2010.

He is also a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research and at CESIfo, as well as an International Research Fellow at CMPO.

He holds a PhD in Economics from Harvard University.