BOOK REVIEW. ' 'INTERNATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE' '. BY JOE S. BAIN.

Abstract

The book attempts the comparison of five important characteristics of the structure of large-scale manufacturing industry in eight countries. The characteristics compared are: (1) plant size of industries; (2) concentration of output in plants; (3) efficiency in manufacturing production as influenced by scale of plant; (4) degree of control of individual industries by firms; and (5) the degree of multiplant development by the larger firms in the industry. These comparisons are carried out for eight different countries of widely differing stages of economic development and with widely different economic structures and resource endowments.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0633337

Entities

People

  • George Rosen

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Economic Development
  • Efficiency
  • Manufacturing
  • Social Sciences

Fields of Study

  • Economics

Readers

  • Industrial Economics
  • Theoretical Analysis.