Ebook: The Structure of European Industry

I. Concentration and competition in food and drinks manufacturing and distribution.- 1. The content of the industry and general scheme of analysis.- 2. Global statistical approach.- 3. Approach by sample of large enterprises.- 4. The place of large multinationals in food and drink relevant markets.- 5. Power interplay between producers and retailers: structures of prices and mark-ups.- 6. Conclusion: some future problems for the industry.- II. The European beer industry: concentration and competition.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The development of consumption and production of beer in EEC countries.- 3. International trade in beer.- 4. Structural changes in the European beer industry.- 5. Determinants of the structure of the beer industry.- 6. Estimates of minimal optimal scales.- 7. Product differentiation and competition.- 8. Competition on the ‘Outdoor’ beer market.- 9. Competition on the ‘home market’ for beer.- III. The pulp and paper industry: structure and behaviour.- 1. The basic conditions of the pulp and paper industry.- 2. The structure of the pulp and paper industry.- 3. The behaviour of the pulp and paper industry.- 4. The EEC paper industry.- 5. Conclusions.- IV. The cement industry: studies in public and private control.- 1. Introduction.- 2. France.- 3. Italy.- 4. United Kingdom.- 5. Federal Republic of Germany.- 6. Conclusions.- V. Structure and performance in the West European steel industry: a historical perspective.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Theoretical background.- 3. World steel production and trade in historical perspective.- 4. Western Europe’s loss of international competitiveness.- 5. Technical structure as a determinant of international competitiveness.- 6. Relative cost performance.- 7. Summary and conclusions.- VI. Hard coal mining in the EEC countries, especially in Germany.- 1. Developments up to 1957.- 2. From the coal crisis to the first oil crisis and the years after.- 3. Economic measures and their influence.- 4. The present structure and considerations about the future.- VII. The automobile industry.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The industries.- 3. Market structure.- 4. Performance and public policy.- VIII. Competition and economic power in the pharmaceutical industry.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Characteristics of the market for pharmaceutical products.- 3. Market structure.- 4. Competitive behaviour and performance.- 5. The divided international market.- 6. Policy conclusions.- IX. The aerospace industry: problems and policies.- 1. Introduction: a study in political economy.- 2. Market structure and performance.- 3. Output, productivity and costs in Europe and in the USA.- 4. The case for a European aerospace industry.- 5. Conclusion: some unresolved problems.- X. The computer and data processing industry.- 1. Introduction: the international computer industry in Europe.- 2. The industrial capacities.- 3. Strategies of electronic data processing firms.- 4. National electronic data processing policies.- 5. The need for a European industrial electronic data processing policy.- 6. Conclusion.- XI. Public enterprise in Western Europe and the United States.- 1. The extent and forms of public enterprise.- 2. Performance.- 3. Brief predictions.