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Economics of Industries and Firms.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York : Florence :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [distributor]
Sept. 1985 ;
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| Edición: | 2nd ed., revised. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; PART ONE: ECONOMICS OF INDUSTRY; 1 AN INTRODUCTION; 2 STRUCTURE, CONDUCT AND PERFORMANCE: AN OVERVIEW; Elements of Structure and Performance; Some Econometric Considerations; Some Problems; Definitions of Firms and Industries; Notes; 3 INDUSTRIAL CONCENTRATION; Introduction; The Measurement of Concentration; Measures of Concentration; Concentration in Britain and the United States; Multinational Enterprise; Determinants of Concentration; Notes; 4 COST CONDITIONS AND ECONOMIES OF SCALE.
- IntroductionSources of Economies of Scale; Estimation of Cost Conditions; Statistical Cost Curves; Engineering Approach; Survivor Technique; Estimates of Cost Conditions; Statistical Cost Curves; Engineering Approach; Survivor Technique; Short-run Cost Conditions; Firm-level Economies; Learning-by-doing; Conclusions; Notes; 5 CONDUCT AND BEHAVIOUR; Objectives of the Firms; Impact of Economies of Scale on Price; Product Differentiation; Absolute Cost Advantage; Impediments Against New Entry; Collusion and Restrictive Practices; Conclusion; Notes; 6 INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE AND PROFITABILITY.
- Links between Concentration and ProfitabilitySome Further Considerations; Measurement of Variables; British Studies; American Results; Canadian Studies; Conclusion; Notes; 7 ADVERTISING; Advertising as a Decision Variable; Information or Persuasion; Advertising and Profitability; Advertising as Behaviour; Advertising as Performance; Summary of Propositions; Advertising and Concentration; Concentration and Advertising; Advertising and Changes in Concentration; Advertising and Profitability; Conclusions; Notes; 8 INNOVATION, INVENTION AND INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; Introduction.
- Research Intensity and Firm SizeEfficiency and Firm Size; Innovation and Firm Size; Research and Industrial Structure; Impact on Industrial Structure; Notes; 9 PRICES, PRICE CHANGE AND OLIGOPOLY; Introduction; Price Decisions; Structure and Pricing; Summary of Evidence; Notes; 10 THE STRUCTURE-CONDUCT-PERFORMANCE APPROACH: A CRITIQUE; Note; PART TWO: ECONOMICS OF FIRMS; 11 MANAGERIAL THEORIES OF THE FIRM; Introduction; Theories of Baumol and Marris; The Evidence on Managerial Control; The Separation of Ownership and Control.
- Performance Differences between Owner-controlled and Manager-controlled FirmsDeterminants of Executive Income; Organisational Structure; Notes; 12 THE GROWTH OF FIRMS: SPEED AND SCOPE; Introduction; Profitability and Size; Growth and Firm Size; Growth and Profitability; The Evidence; Profitability and Size; Growth and Size; Growth and Profitability; Horizontal and Vertical Integration; Diversification; Notes; 13 ACQUISITIONS AND MERGERS; Introduction; The Neo-classical Theory; The Theory of Marris; Market Power Theory; Managerial Interests; Review of Evidence on Acquisitions; Profitability.