The economics of industries and firms : theories, evidence, and policy / Malcolm C. Sawyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sawyer, Malcolm C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial organization (Economic theory).

Business enterprises.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Published in 1985, ""The Economics of Industries and Firms"" is a vaulable contribution to Economics.

Contents:

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; 1 AN INTRODUCTION; 2 STRUCTURE, CONDUCT AND PERFORMANCE: AN OVERVIEW; 3 INDUSTRIAL CONCENTRATION; 4 COST CONDITIONS AND ECONOMIES OF SCALE; 5 CONDUCT AND BEHAVIOUR; 6 INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE AND PROFITABILITY; 7 ADVERTISING; 8 INNOVATION, INVENTION AND INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; 9 PRICES, PRICE CHANGE AND OLIGOPOLY; 10 THE STRUCTURE-CONDUCT-PERFORMANCE APPROACH: A CRITIQUE; 11 MANAGERIAL THEORIES OF THE FIRM; 12 THE GROWTH OF FIRMS: SPEED AND SCOPE; 13 ACQUISITIONS AND MERGERS

14 THE WELFARE LOSS OF MONOPOLY15 COMPETITION AND INTERVENTION; 16 ASPECTS OF RECENT INDUSTRIAL POLICY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography and indexes.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-96295-9

1-134-96296-7

1-280-11166-6

9786610111664

0-203-98006-9

9780203980064

OCLC:

456027715