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The Stubai Co-Operative : Using Local Roots for Global Competitiveness
Reiner, Elisabeth - 2012
The Stubai Co-operative, founded in 1897 by several craftsmen and steel manufacturing companies located in the Tyrolean … comparably small Stubai Co-operative is able to challenge big players in the iron manufacturing industry, mainly from the US and … the Far East. The Co-operative combines long-lasting local industrial traditions with a process of advanced …
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Tacit collusion under imperfect monitoring in the Canadian manufacturing industry: An empirical study
Resende, Marcelo; Zeidan, Rodrigo M. - 2011
The paper undertakes a cross-sectoral analysis of a salient empirical implication of the model of tacit collusion advanced by Abreu et al (1986). Specifically, the prevalence of a first order Markovian process for alternating between price wars and collusive periods is assessed by means of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278898
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Fusion in der Stahlbranche: Strukturkrise und Verdrängungswettbewerb auf dem Stahlmarkt?
Döhrn, Roland; Obst, Christian; Simic, André Küster; … - In: ifo Schnelldienst 71 (2018) 02, pp. 3-13
Europas Stahlindustrie leidet unter chinesischer Billigkonkurrenz, fallenden Preisen und hohen Kosten für Energie und Rohstoffe. Zudem machen hohe Überkapazitäten den Produzenten zu schaffen. Wie kann sich die europäische Stahlindustrie gegen die Konkurrenz vor allem aus Asien behaupten?...
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The Belgian Iron and Steel Industry in the International Context
Lagneaux, Frédéric; Vivet, David - 2009
This paper provides a survey of the main developments in the iron and steel industry over the last few decades. The first chapter covers the changing conditions on international markets and identifies the main challenges facing the companies in this sector. These include the boom in China, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506680
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Vertical Integration and Macroeconomic Growth : The Case of the Steel Industry
Scheuplein, Christoph - 2017
As a result of the rise in the raw materials market of 2007-08, steel-producing companies are re-thinking their purchasing of iron ore. Integration of upstream mining companies is one option for ensuring the supply of raw materials. This trend is being pursued mostly in the up-and-coming...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012942565
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Tacit collusion under imperfect monitoring in the Canadian manufacturing industry : an empirical study
Resende, Marcelo; Zeidan, Rodrigo M. - 2011
The paper undertakes a cross-sectoral analysis of a salient empirical implication of the model of tacit collusion advanced by Abreu et al (1986). Specifically, the prevalence of a first order Markovian process for alternating between price wars and collusive periods is assessed by means of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009355122
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Tacit Collusion Under Imperfect Monitoring in the Canadian Manufacturing Industry : An Empirical Study
Resende, Marcelo; Zeidan, Rodrigo M. - 2021
The paper undertakes a cross-sectoral analysis of a salient empirical implication of the model of tacit collusion advanced by Abreu et al (1986). Specifically, the prevalence of a first order Markovian process for alternating between price wars and collusive periods is assessed by means of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315952
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The Belgian iron and steel industry in the international context
Lagneaux, Frédéric; Vivet, David - 2009
This paper provides a survey of the main developments in the iron and steel industry over the last few decades. The first chapter covers the changing conditions on international markets and identifies the main challenges facing the companies in this sector. These include the boom in China, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011599064
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Business model adaptation through inclusion of environmental sustainability measures
Krmela, Aleš; Tesařová, Mariana - In: Trends economics and management 14 (2020) 35, pp. 59-71
Purpose of the article: The article aims at understanding and description of how and why the business model (BM) of an incumbent manufacturing B2B company adapts, collaboratively with a dominant customer, through measures leading to an improved environmental sustainability performance. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012319008
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Industrial Districts and Innovation: the Limits of the Local Technological Systems
Rolfo, Secondo; Vitali, Giampaolo - Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Economica … - 1997
A new approach of the innovation policies at the local level is concerning the creation of regional innovation systems. In Italy however the district level seems to be more adequate for the public intervention to capture the specific sectorial and local nature of the innovation process. In the...
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