4th Edition

Industrial Organization Competition, Growth and Structural Change

By Kenneth George, Caroline Joll, E L Lynk Copyright 1993
478 Pages
by Routledge

480 Pages
by Routledge

As most economies remain caught in a global recession, that shows little sign of abatement, the importance of maintaining a flourishing industrial sector for the economic wellbeing of a country has rarely been so relevant. Industrial Organisation has long served as a basic introduction to this subject. The book is concerned with economic problems and policy issues that arise from the activities... Read more
1: Structural change; 2: Business goals and behaviour; 3: The growth of firms; 4: Business performance; 5: Market structure; 6: Dominant firms; 7: Oligopoly pricing; 8: Product differentiation; 9: Invention and innovation; 10: Potential competition and entry deterrence; 11: Market structure, conduct and profitability; 12: Welfare losses and resource misallocation; 13: Natural monopoly; 14: Introducing competition; 15: Maintaining competition; 16: Maintaining competition

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Kenneth George, Caroline Joll, E L Lynk

'This is a text which scores by being up-to-date in both theory and evidence in blending the latest thinking with clarity and simplicity of exposition.' - J Crook, Management School, Edinburgh Univ

'Very comprehensive in coverage ...' - Michael Wood, South Bank University