Understanding and Regulating the Market at a Time of Globalization: The Case of the Cement Industry
Author:   H. Dumez ,  A. Jeunemaître ,  Suzanne Berger
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
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9780333633830


Pages:   238
Publication Date:   08 December 1999
Format:   Hardback
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How does a market globalize? How do antitrust and trade policies speed up or slow down the process? How do firms take part in it? This appraisal of the phenomenon is based on a study of the cement industry. Considered as a model of spatial competition in economic textbooks and inherently local, the industry globalized in the 1980s. This extreme case highlights the fundamental characteristics of globalization.

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Author:   H. Dumez ,  A. Jeunemaître ,  Suzanne Berger
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.475kg
ISBN:  

9780333633830


ISBN 10:   0333633830
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   08 December 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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List of Abbreviations Foreword by Suzanne Berger, M.I.T. Introduction The Cement Industry: A Model Case Part I: LOCAL COMPETITION Stabilizing Local Competition Local Market Stabilization and Rivalry Local Market Stabilization and Competition Policy Concluding Comments PART II: GLOBALIZATION OF LOCAL MARKETS The Internal Conditions of Globalization The Globalization Process Strategic Responses to Globalization Concluding Comments PART III: UNDERSTANDING AND REGULATING MARKETS AT A TIME OF GLOBALIZATION The European Case Conclusion Comment by F.M. Scherer, Harvard University Bibliography Index

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'...I admire this book greatly. It is written in a style that non-specialists (and even non-economists) will find most inviting, even though it deploys concepts that are sophisticated...' - William James Adams, Professor of Economics, The University of Michigan


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HERV... DUMEZ is Researcher, Centre de Recherche en Gestion, ...cole Polytechnique, Paris. He is co-author with Alain Jeunemantre of La Politique de Concurrence en Europe, and is editor of several books, including Financial Markets Regulation: A Practitioner's Perspective. ALAIN JEUNEMAITRE is Associate, Regulatory Policy Research Centre, Hertford College, Oxford and Researcher, Centre de Recherche en Gestion, ...cole Polytechnique, Paris. He is co-author with Hervi Dumez of La Politique de Concurrence en Europe and is editor of several books, including Financial Markets Regulation: A Practitioner's Perspective.

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