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Subject(s)

• Consolidation and merger of corporations—Great Britain [Browse]
• Big business—Great Britain [Browse]

Series

• Routledge library editions. Economics ; II. [More in this series]
• Routledge library editions. Economics. Industrial economics ; II [More in this series]

Summary note

Effects of Mergers charts the history of six industries with a view to examining the effects of mergers. It deals both with the short and long-term effects of changes in the structure of industry and looks at issues such as whether mergers are in the public interest.

The industries covered are: Cement, Textile Printing, Soap, Glass, Motor and Brewing.

Some comparative material with industries in the USA is included.

Notes

First published in 1958.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 27, 2013).

Contents

• 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. 1902-146. 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, I930-96. 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

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ISBN

• 1-136-51121-0
• 9780415313465
• 1-136-51114-8
• 1-315-01660-5

OCLC

• 863823521
• 868979694

Doi

• 10.4324/9781315016603

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