The International Aluminium Cartel: The Business and Politics of a Cooperative Industrial Institution (1886-1978) (Routledge International Studies in Business History)
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (718 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0415742544 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Marco Bertilorenzi is Researcher at the Université de Paris-Sorbonne, France
Policymakers and regulators will also profit from it.’ – Andrew Perchard, Associate Professor, University of Strathclyde, UK'Scholars have for long regarded the aluminium industry as the prime evidence of cartelization in the 20th century. 'In this compelling study of international aluminium cartels, Dr Bertilorenzi deploys his fine grained analysis of a wide coverage of the key sources to explore the political economy of cartelization. Bertilorenzi offers a new insight and new information about the inducement, the modus operandi and the disintegration of the various cartels with a well-structured and accessible style. I strongly recommend it.' - Hans Otto Frøland, Professor, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway. The International Aluminium Cartel makes a significant contribution to discussions of varieties of capitalism. It w
It instead provides an in-depth and frank analysis of the internal working of industrial organisations and of the interplay between cartels and political powers and institutions. The International Aluminium Cartel offers explanations for the construction and collapse of cartels, descriptions of their operations, and an historical interpretation of their experiences. Managers of the aluminium industry from various historical eras and countries shared the same vision about the development of their industry: to keep prices as stable as possible in order to encourage expansions and to provide return on investments. This bookneither argues that c