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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
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| Imprint: | Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2002. |
| Description: | xvii, 394 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4861725 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Tables and Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part 1.. Commodities and Manufacturing
- 1.. Automobiles: Overtaking an Oligopoly
- 2.. Beer: Causes of Structural Change
- 3.. Broilers: Differentiating a Commodity
- 4.. Pharmaceuticals: The Critical Role of Innovation
- 5.. Steel: Decline and Renewal
- Part II.. Distribution and Services
- 6.. Airline Service: The Evolution of Competition Since Deregulation
- 7.. Retail Commercial Banking: An Industry in Transition
- 8.. Electric Power: From Monopoly to Effective Competition?
- 9.. Health Insurance: Designing Products to Reduce Costs
- 10.. Hospitals: New Payment Schemes and Hospital Behavior
- 11.. Local Telephone Service: A Complex Dance of Technology, Regulation, and Competition
- 12.. Motion Pictures: Competition, Distribution, and Efficiencies
- 13.. Microcomputer Platforms: Competition in Software
- About the Editor and Contributors
- Index
