Industrial Organization in the European Union - Structure, Strategy, and the Competitive Mechanism (Hardcover, New)

This book fills an important gap in our knowledge of the organization of EU manufacturing industry. At the empirical level, it draws on a newly constructed micro-level database (the European market share matrix) to present the first ever comprehensive picture of the concentration, integration, multinationality, and diversification of EU industry and firms. However, its purpose is not primarily descriptive. At the theoretical level, it develops a new way of integrating the insights of international trade, industrial organization, international business, and corporate strategy. A central thesis is that by understanding the reasons for the industrial structure we observe, much can be understood about the underlying competitive process that generated this structure in the context of current European integration. In this, R&D, advertising, and government intervention each play important and pervasive roles. The insights from an econometric analysis of the various dimensions of industrial structure are applied to address policy-relevant questions such as: is the industrial organization of the member states integrated at the EU level? Are diversification and multinationality random, or do they follow an industrial logic? Which industries and firms pose the most serious potential problems for competition policy? How do the largest EU firms achieve their size? Do certain member states dominate the ownership or location of production?

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 1996
First published:	October 1996
Authors:	Stephen Davies (Professor of Industrial Economics) • Bruce Lyons (Professor of Economics)
Dimensions:	242 x 162 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	304
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-828973-9
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Business competition Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Microeconomics > General Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > Organizational theory & behaviour Books > Business & Economics > Economics > International economics > International trade > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-828973-1
Barcode:	9780198289739

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!