Format:
1 online resource (461 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415313469
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9781136511141
Content:
Effects of Mergers charts the history of six industries with a view to examining the effects of mergers
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Cover -- Original Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- PREFACE -- GENERAL INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Period Before 1900, and the Formation of the -- Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd 3. The Immediate Effects of the Formation of the -- 4. Price Agreements, 1900-10 -- 5. The Second Combine, 19ll -- 6. 1918-29 -- 7. 1929-34 -- 8. Price Stability, 1934-9 -- 9. 1939-55 -- 10. Conclusions -- APPENDIX -- Chapter 2 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Before the Merger, 1850-1900 -- 3. The Formation of the Calico Printers' Association Ltd -- 4. The Early Years of the Association, 1900-2 -- 5. 1902-14 -- 6. The Declining Industry, 1918-39 -- 7. ~ 1945-54 -- 8. The Role of the Combine, (a) 1919-54 -- (b) Conclusions -- APPENDIX Fixed and variable costs -- Chapter 3 -- I. Introduction -- 2. Expansion Without Acquisitions, 1885-1906 -- 3. The Abortive Combine, I906 -- 4. The Period of Acquisitions, I906-21 -- 5. The Period of Consolidation and Rationalization I921 onwards -- 6. Conclusions -- APPENDIX Number of Soap Producers in Great Britain at Selected Dates -- Chapter 4 -- I. Introduction -- 2. The Establishment of the Modern Industry -- 3. I910-14 -- 4. The Industry Since I9I -- (a) Major Technical Developments in Sheet Glass -- (b) Major Developments in Plate Glass -- (c) Cost Structure and Market Structure and their Relationships with Price and Output Policy -- (d) Commercial History of the Sheet Glass Trade -- (e) Commercial History of the Plate Glass Trade -- (f) Rolled, Wired, Figured and Cathedral Glass -- 5. The Subsidiary Activities of Pilkington Brothers -- 6. Conclusions -- Chapter 5 -- I. Introduction -- 2. The Early Experimental Years, I896-1901 -- 3. The Period of Small-scale Competition, I902-22 -- 4. The Beginning of Mass Production, I923-9 -- 5. Price and Model Competition, I930-9
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6. Post-war Expansion, I945-55 -- 7. A Comparison with the USA -- 8. Conclusions -- Chapter 6 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The First Period of Mergers, 1886-1901 -- 3. Mergers in a Depressed Period, 1900-14 -- 4. Continuous Concentration -- 5. Conclusions -- GENERAL CONCLUSIONS -- INDEX
Additional Edition:
Print version Cohen, Ruth Effects of Mergers Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2003 ISBN 9780415313469
Language:
English
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