Competition Law Implementation and SMEs: Singapore's Experience

• Main Authors: Tan, Wee Liang, Poh, Lip Hang
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2016
• Subjects: Small and medium enterprises; Singapore; competition law; Asian Studies; Business; Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics; Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations; Strategic Management Policy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4405; https://doi.org/10.1355/9789814695817-017
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Singapore is a recent entrant to the fold of countries subscribing to competition law. It has been ten years since the Singapore Competition Act was introduced and it is timely to review its introduction and implementation. How was competition law received by the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)? What steps have been taken by the Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) — established in 2005 to administer and enforce the Act — to address SME concerns, especially as they are the ones least able to adapt to changes in regulation?...