Barriers to New Competition: Their Character and Consequences in Manufacturing Industries

Joe S. Bain

Published by Harvard University Press 1956

Barriers to New Competition

Their Character and Consequences in Manufacturing Industries

Joe S. Bain

Volume 3 in the series Harvard University Series on Competition in American Industry

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674188037

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Barriers to new competition
1. The importance of the condition of entry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. The content and organization of the Study Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
3. Economies of large scale as Barriers to Entry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
4. Product differentiation advantages of Established Firms as Barriers to Entry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
5. Absolute cost advantages of Established Firms as Barriers to Entry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
6. The over-all barriers to entry and Theory as to Their Consequences Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
7. Empirical evidence of the market performance in Industries Under Various Conditions of Entry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	182
8. The condition of entry and the public policy Designed to Secure Workable Competition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Appendices
Appendix A: Examples of Individual-Industry Questionnaires Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Appendix B: Economies of Large plants: Supplementary Data Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Appendix C: Economies of Large Firms: Supplementary Data Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
Appendix D: Product-Differentiation Barriers to Entry in Individual Industries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
Works cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1956
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 329
Illustrations
- Tables: 19
- Other: 22 tables
Keywords: Competition.; Manufactures -- United States.; Manufacturing industries -- United States.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674188037

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1956
ISBN: 9780674188020