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1 online resource (461 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Cover; Original Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; 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. |
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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; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; 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; I. Introduction; 2. The Establishment of the Modern Industry; 3. I910-14; 4. The Industry Since I9I. |
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(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; 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, I945-557. 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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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. |
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Consolidation and merger of corporations -- Great Britain.
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Consolidation and merger of corporations. |
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Great Britain. |
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Big business -- Great Britain.
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Big business. |
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Electronic books.
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Cook, P. Lesley (Pauline Lesley)
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Print version: Cohen, Ruth. Effects of Mergers. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2013 9780415313469 |
| ISBN |
9781136511141 (electronic book) |
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1136511148 (electronic book) |
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