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Naomi R. Lamoreaux - The Great Merger Movement in American Business, 1895–1904 - 9780521357654 - V9780521357654
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The Great Merger Movement in American Business, 1895–1904

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Description for The Great Merger Movement in American Business, 1895–1904 Paperback. The author examines the particular historical combination of circumstances that produced the great wave of mergers that swept through the manufacturing sector of the American economy between the years 1805 to 1904. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 tables, 13 line drawings. BIC Classification: KCZ; KJVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Between 1895 and 1904 a great wave of mergers swept through the manufacturing sector of the United States' economy. This book explores the causes of the mergers, arguing that there was nothing natural or inevitable about turn-of-the-century combinations. Despite this conclusion, the author does not accept the view that they were necessarily a threat to competition. She shows that most of these consolidations were less efficient that the new rivals that appeared almost immediately, and they quickly lost their positions of market dominance. More over, in most of those few cases where consolidations proved to be more efficient, the nation ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521357654
SKU
V9780521357654
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Review of the paperback: 'During the decade from 1895 to 1904, more than 1800 manufacturing firms merged into 157 consolidated corporations, many of which in turn dominated their industries and became some of the best-known companies in the United States. In the three generations since, capable scholars in many disciplines have offered a variety of explanations. Now, in a clearly ... Read more

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