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Industry studies / edited by Larry L. Duetsch.
LIBRA HC106.8 .I53 1998
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Industries--United States--Case studies.
- Industries.
- Industrial policy--United States--Case studies.
- Industrial policy.
- United States.
- Competition--United States--Case studies.
- Competition.
- Industrial organization--United States--Case studies.
- Industrial organization.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Armonk, NY : M.E. Sharpe, [1998]
- Summary:
- A collection of thirteen studies of individual industries that mirror the sectoral composition of the current U.S. economy. Each study is authored by a specialist for the industry in question. The book contains particularly strong coverage of the distribution and service industries and analyzes industries with which students will be familiar. Each study looks closely at competitive forces at work within the industry and addresses the role of government intervention. Containing over 40% new material, the second edition profiles for the first time the following industries: electric power, local phone service, motion pictures, and microcomputer platforms.
- Contents:
- Part 1. Commodities and Manufacturing 1
- 1. Automobiles: Overtaking an Oligopoly / John E. Kwoka Jr. 3
- 2. Beer: Causes of Structural Change / Douglas F. Greer 28
- 3. Broilers: Differentiating a Commodity / Richard T. Rogers 65
- 4. Pharmaceuticals: The Critical Role of Innovation / Larry L. Duetsch 101
- 5. Steel: Decline and Renewal / Donald F. Barnett, Robert W. Crandall 124
- Part II. Distribution and Services 145
- 6. Airline Service: The Evolution of Competition Since Deregulation / Steven A. Morrison 147
- 7. Retail Commercial Banking: An Industry in Transition / Stephen A. Rhoades 176
- 8. Electric Power: From Monopoly to Effective Competition? / William G. Shepherd 200
- 9. Health Insurance: Designing Products to Reduce Costs / H. E. Frech III, Lee R. Mobley 216
- 10. Hospitals: New Payment Schemes and Hospital Behavior / Sean Ennis 238
- 11. Local Telephone Service: A Complex Dance of Technology, Regulation, and Competition / Ingo Vogelsang, Glenn Woroch 254
- 12. Motion Pictures: Competition, Distribution, and Efficiencies / Stanley I. Ornstein 292
- 13. Microcomputer Platforms: Competition in Software / Thomas Cottrell 317.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0765600692
- OCLC:
- 38475494
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