Barriers to New Competition : Their Character and Consequences in Manufacturing Industries / Joe S. Bain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bain, Joe S., author.

Series:

Harvard University Series on Competition in American Industry ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Competition.

Manufacturing industries--United States.

Manufacturing industries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (343 pages).

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Tables

Barriers to new competition

1. The importance of the condition of entry

2. The content and organization of the Study

3. Economies of large scale as Barriers to Entry

4. Product differentiation advantages of Established Firms as Barriers to Entry

5. Absolute cost advantages of Established Firms as Barriers to Entry

6. The over-all barriers to entry and Theory as to Their Consequences

7. Empirical evidence of the market performance in Industries Under Various Conditions of Entry

8. The condition of entry and the public policy Designed to Secure Workable Competition

Appendices

Appendix A: Examples of Individual-Industry Questionnaires

Appendix B: Economies of Large plants: Supplementary Data

Appendix C: Economies of Large Firms: Supplementary Data

Appendix D: Product-Differentiation Barriers to Entry in Individual Industries

Works cited

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-18803-9

OCLC:

1013948451