The Structure of European Industry

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THE STRUCTURE OF EUROPEAN INDUSTRY edited by H.W. de Jong This book contains twelve essays on the economic organization of important industries in the EEC. Expert economists from universities and research institutions in Francé, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Federal Republic of Germany and the Netherlands discuss such sectors as oil and petrochemicals, steel, textiles, food and drink, motor cars, aerospace, telecommunications and others, from a structural and operational point of view. Their experts' contributions unravel the strengths and weaknesses of these European sectors at the end of the eighties. The editor's introductory essay deals with the concept of markét structure, allowing the reader to understand both the theoretical background and the terms used in the following chapters. In a lengthy final contribution, an authoritative American economist looks at European public enterprise. This has acquired a role of central interest due to the privatisation, deregulation and... Tovább

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THE STRUCTURE OF EUROPEAN INDUSTRY edited by H.W. de Jong This book contains twelve essays on the economic organization of important industries in the EEC. Expert economists from universities and research institutions in Francé, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Federal Republic of Germany and the Netherlands discuss such sectors as oil and petrochemicals, steel, textiles, food and drink, motor cars, aerospace, telecommunications and others, from a structural and operational point of view. Their experts' contributions unravel the strengths and weaknesses of these European sectors at the end of the eighties. The editor's introductory essay deals with the concept of markét structure, allowing the reader to understand both the theoretical background and the terms used in the following chapters. In a lengthy final contribution, an authoritative American economist looks at European public enterprise. This has acquired a role of central interest due to the privatisation, deregulation and contracting-out of many state activities. Will such actions benefit the European economy? This make-up of the book - a completely renewed edition of the successful 1981-work - renders it eminently suitable for courses at universities, business schools and other institutes of higher learning. The focus is primarily European, instead of 'national'. This unique feature qualifies the book as a guide to the approaching completíon of European industrial integration, planned under the Internál Markét Proposals for 1992. The editor, Professor Henk W. de Jong, teaches economics of industrial organization at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Vissza