Industrial organisation : competition, growth, and structural change / / Kenneth D. George, Caroline Joll, and E.L. Lynk |
Autore | George Kenneth Desmond |
Edizione | [4th ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (483 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.7/0941 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
JollCaroline
LynkE. L |
Soggetto topico |
Industrial organization (Economic theory)
Industries - Great Britain Industries - European Economic Community countries Industries - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-134-89863-0
1-280-16507-3 0-203-98035-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables and figures; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Structural change; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 LONG-TERM CHANGES IN SECTOR SHARES; 1.3 SERVICE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY; 1.4 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; Importance of the decline in manufacturing; Reasons for the decline in manufacturing; Changes in output and productivity-cumulative causation; The role of investment; The exchange rate; Labour costs and productivity; 1.5 SOME POLICY ISSUES; Acknowledgement; Chapter 2 Business goals and behaviour; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 PROBLEMS WITH PROFIT MAXIMISATION
Uncertainty Organisational complexity; Employment relations; Organisational form; 2.3 MANAGERIAL OBJECTIVES; The Behavioural School approach; Alternatives to profit maximisation; The divorce between ownership and control; Managerial motivation; 2.4 MANAGERIAL THEORIES OF THE FIRM; Discretionary expenditures; Sales maximisation; Growth maximisation; An assessment of non-profit-maximising theories of the firm; 2.5 CONSTRAINTS ON MANAGERIAL DECISION-MAKING; Shareholder control; Product markets; Internal growth as a control mechanism; Capital markets; Chapter 3 The growth of firms 3.1 INTRODUCTION The ability to grow and the desire for growth; Determinants-a brief review; 3.2 VERTICAL INTEGRATION; Vertical integration as a process; Cost minimisation; Security and control of the market environment; Bilateral monopoly; Monopoly power; Forces limiting the incentive to integrate; Bargaining power of large buyers; Customer attachments and goodwill; 3.3 DIVERSIFICATION; Motives for diversification; Uncertainty; Growth; Market power; The direction of diversification; The extent of diversification; 3.4 ACQUISITIONS AND MERGERS; Motives of the acquired firm Motives of the acquiring firm Economies of scale; Complementarities; Speed and safety factors; Monopoly and market power; A market for corporate control; Financial and promotional factors; 3.5 LIMITS TO GROWTH; Chapter 4 Business performance; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 SIZE, GROWTH AND PROFITABILITY; Size and profitability; Growth and profitability; Size and growth; 4.3 THE EFFECTS OF MERGERS; Stock market discipline; Mergers, profitability and efficiency; Mergers, investment and growth; 4.4 AGGREGATE CONCENTRATION; Predictions; Evidence; 4.5 THE LARGE DIVERSIFIED FIRM AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION Quantitative importance of diversification Consequences for resource allocation; Chapter 5 Market structure; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 SELLER CONCENTRATION; The measurement of concentration; The concentration ratio; The Herfindahl index; The entropy coefficient; The variance of logs; Assessment of different concentration measures; Empirical evidence on seller concentration; Determinants of concentration; Economies of scale; Sources of economies of scale; Measuring economies of scale; Changes in concentration; 5.3 OTHER DIMENSIONS OF MARKET STRUCTURE; Barriers to entry; Vertical integration Diversification |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910449928103321 |
George Kenneth Desmond
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992 | ||
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Industrial organisation : competition, growth, and structural change / / Kenneth D. George, Caroline Joll, and E.L. Lynk |
Autore | George Kenneth Desmond |
Edizione | [4th ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (483 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.7/0941 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
JollCaroline
LynkE. L |
Soggetto topico |
Industrial organization (Economic theory)
Industries - Great Britain Industries - European Economic Community countries Industries - United States |
ISBN |
1-134-89862-2
1-134-89863-0 1-280-16507-3 0-203-98035-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables and figures; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Structural change; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 LONG-TERM CHANGES IN SECTOR SHARES; 1.3 SERVICE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY; 1.4 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; Importance of the decline in manufacturing; Reasons for the decline in manufacturing; Changes in output and productivity-cumulative causation; The role of investment; The exchange rate; Labour costs and productivity; 1.5 SOME POLICY ISSUES; Acknowledgement; Chapter 2 Business goals and behaviour; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 PROBLEMS WITH PROFIT MAXIMISATION
Uncertainty Organisational complexity; Employment relations; Organisational form; 2.3 MANAGERIAL OBJECTIVES; The Behavioural School approach; Alternatives to profit maximisation; The divorce between ownership and control; Managerial motivation; 2.4 MANAGERIAL THEORIES OF THE FIRM; Discretionary expenditures; Sales maximisation; Growth maximisation; An assessment of non-profit-maximising theories of the firm; 2.5 CONSTRAINTS ON MANAGERIAL DECISION-MAKING; Shareholder control; Product markets; Internal growth as a control mechanism; Capital markets; Chapter 3 The growth of firms 3.1 INTRODUCTION The ability to grow and the desire for growth; Determinants-a brief review; 3.2 VERTICAL INTEGRATION; Vertical integration as a process; Cost minimisation; Security and control of the market environment; Bilateral monopoly; Monopoly power; Forces limiting the incentive to integrate; Bargaining power of large buyers; Customer attachments and goodwill; 3.3 DIVERSIFICATION; Motives for diversification; Uncertainty; Growth; Market power; The direction of diversification; The extent of diversification; 3.4 ACQUISITIONS AND MERGERS; Motives of the acquired firm Motives of the acquiring firm Economies of scale; Complementarities; Speed and safety factors; Monopoly and market power; A market for corporate control; Financial and promotional factors; 3.5 LIMITS TO GROWTH; Chapter 4 Business performance; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 SIZE, GROWTH AND PROFITABILITY; Size and profitability; Growth and profitability; Size and growth; 4.3 THE EFFECTS OF MERGERS; Stock market discipline; Mergers, profitability and efficiency; Mergers, investment and growth; 4.4 AGGREGATE CONCENTRATION; Predictions; Evidence; 4.5 THE LARGE DIVERSIFIED FIRM AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION Quantitative importance of diversification Consequences for resource allocation; Chapter 5 Market structure; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 SELLER CONCENTRATION; The measurement of concentration; The concentration ratio; The Herfindahl index; The entropy coefficient; The variance of logs; Assessment of different concentration measures; Empirical evidence on seller concentration; Determinants of concentration; Economies of scale; Sources of economies of scale; Measuring economies of scale; Changes in concentration; 5.3 OTHER DIMENSIONS OF MARKET STRUCTURE; Barriers to entry; Vertical integration Diversification |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910659847803321 |
George Kenneth Desmond
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Industrial organisation : competition, growth and structural change / Kenneth D.George, Caroline Joll |
Autore | George, Kenneth Desmond |
Edizione | [3. ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : Allen & Unwin, c1981 |
Descrizione fisica | X, 336 p. ; 22 cm |
Disciplina | 338.7092 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Joll, Caroline |
Collana | Studies in economics |
Soggetto topico | Aziende industriali |
ISBN | 0-04-338096-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996291450403316 |
George, Kenneth Desmond
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London : Allen & Unwin, c1981 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Industrial organization : competition, growth and structural change / Kenneth D. George, Caroline Joll and E.L. Lynk |
Autore | George, Kenneth Desmond |
Edizione | [4th ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : Routledge, 1992 |
Descrizione fisica | XXII, 455 p. ; 24 cm |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Joll, Caroline
Lynk, E. L. |
Soggetto non controllato |
CEE - Industrie
Gran Bretagna - Industrie Organizzazione industriale - Teoria Stati Uniti - Industria - Produttività |
ISBN | 0-415-07850-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-990003099780403321 |
George, Kenneth Desmond
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London : Routledge, 1992 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Industrial organization : competition, growth and structural change in Britain / by Kenneth D. George |
Autore | GEORGE, Kenneth Desmond |
Edizione | [Revised ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : Allen & Unwin, 1974 |
Descrizione fisica | 225 p. ; 22 cm |
Disciplina | 338.6 |
Collana | Studies in economics |
Soggetto topico | Industria - Organizzazione |
ISBN | 0043380700 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISA-990002755320203316 |
GEORGE, Kenneth Desmond
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London : Allen & Unwin, 1974 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Productivity in distribution / by K.D. George |
Autore | George, Kenneth Desmond |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1966 |
Descrizione fisica | 107 p. ; 25 cm |
Disciplina | 331.118 |
Collana | Occasional papers |
Soggetto non controllato |
Distribuzione commerciale
Produttività |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-990007008500403321 |
George, Kenneth Desmond
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1966 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The allocation of resources : theory and policy / Kennet D. George and John Shorey |
Autore | GEORGE, Kenneth D. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : George Allen & Unwin, 1984. 274 p. ; 22 cm. |
Disciplina | 338.5(Economia generale della produzione) |
Altri autori (Persone) | SHOREY, John |
Soggetto topico | Microeconomia |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISA-990005441720203316 |
GEORGE, Kenneth D.
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London : George Allen & Unwin, 1984. 274 p. ; 22 cm. | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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The allocation of resources : theory and policy / Kenneth D. George and John Shorey |
Autore | George, Kenneth Desmond |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : Allen & Unwin, 1978 |
Descrizione fisica | 275 p. ; 23 cm |
Altri autori (Persone) | Shorey, John |
Soggetto non controllato | Microeconomia |
ISBN | 0-04-300073-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-990003956600403321 |
George, Kenneth Desmond
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London : Allen & Unwin, 1978 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The structure of industry in the EEC / Kenneth D. George : T.S. Ward |
Autore | GEORGE, Kenneth D. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge; London ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1975. VII, 75 p. ; 24 cm. |
Altri autori (Persone) | WARD, T.S. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNIOR-UON0188831 |
GEORGE, Kenneth D.
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Cambridge; London ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1975. VII, 75 p. ; 24 cm. | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. L'Orientale | ||
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