100 Years of Rising Corporate Concentration

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Spencer Yongwook Kwon ◽  
Yueran Ma ◽  
Kaspar Zimmermann
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Concentration

Corporate Concentration Threatens American Democracy

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 2-5
Author(s):  
NATHAN GARDELS
Keyword(s):  
American Democracy ◽  
Corporate Concentration

Antitrust Regulation and the Restructuring of Grocery Retailing in Britain and the USA

1992 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 727-749 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Wrigley
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory Environment ◽  
Postwar Period ◽  
Recent Period ◽  
Grocery Retailing ◽  
The Us ◽  
Return On Capital ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Corporate Concentration ◽  
Antitrust Regulation ◽  
Regulatory Convergence

In this paper it is demonstrated how disparities which emerged between British and US grocery retailing in the 1980s—in corporate concentration, power relations, profitability, return on capital employed, and in geographical structure—owe a considerable amount to the differential nature of the regulatory environments in which the industries operated. In particular, the author focuses upon antitrust (competition) legislation and its differential interpretation and enforcement in the two countries. Following a survey of that legislation, the regulatory experience of grocery retailing in the postwar period is considered in detail. The hostility of the US regulatory environment to the development of big capital in retailing throughout much of the period is contrasted with the benign regulatory environment experienced by UK grocery retailers. Finally, the implications of this differential regulatory experience during a more recent period of nonenforcement and regulatory convergence are considered.

Emerging Retail Strategies in Urban Canada

2012 ◽  
pp. 114-131
Author(s):  
Tony Hernandez ◽  
Magnus Svindal
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Small Town ◽  
Resident Population ◽  
Location Data ◽  
Urban Markets ◽  
Store Location ◽  
Retail Chains ◽  
Corporate Concentration ◽  
Market Saturation

In this article, the authors examine the spatial distribution of major retail chains across Canada. Using store location data for 2001 and 2006, the geospatial approach adopted in this study allows for the analysis of retail chains’ store portfolios by the size of the resident population of the ‘markets’ within which they operate. The analysis presented highlights the dominance of chain locations within and proximal to Canada’s major urban markets and provides further evidence of increasing interest amongst a number of major chains in ‘small town’ (or ‘C’) markets. It points to a future in which these smaller markets will become more competitive with an increased presence of major retail chains. The findings reported can be seen as the locational imprint of the processes of corporate concentration taking place across Canada, fuelled by the interplay of increased competition, concerns over market saturation and the need to sustain growth.

scholarly journals When Head Office Was Upstairs: How Corporate Concentration Changed a Television Newsroom

2005 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
James S. McLean
Keyword(s):  
Public Good ◽  
Work Lives ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
The Public ◽  
Head Office ◽  
Technological Structure ◽  
Corporate Concentration ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

Abstract: This paper undertakes a case study into the impact of corporate concentration on the newsroom at CKCK (CTV) Television in Regina, Saskatchewan. By comparing the newsgathering operation from the late 1980s with the one in operation today, changes to the organizational and technological structure of CKCK Television are pinpointed with respect to the effects on the work lives of journalists. This is accomplished through interviews with past and present employees and by observing the newsroom environment as it exists today. Through an assessment of daily work structures and the controls that are institutionally imposed, the manner in which journalists serve the public good is considered and questioned. Résumé : Cet article entreprend une étude de cas sur l’impact qu’a eu une convergence d’entreprises sur la salle des nouvelles de la station de télévision CKCK (CTV) à Régina au Saskatchewan. En comparant la collecte de l’information dans les années 1980 à celle de nos jours, l’article souligne comment les changements apportés à la structure organisationnelle et technologique de CKCK ont modifié le travail des journalistes. L’article atteint ce but au moyen d’entretiens avec des employés, tant anciens qu’actuels, et de l’observation de la salle des nouvelles telle qu’elle est aujourd’hui. En évaluant les structures établies pour le travail quotidien et les contrôles imposés par la station, l’article met en question combien les journalistes aujourd’hui sont réellement libres de servir le bien commun.

Is More Mittelstand the Answer? Firm Size and the Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-70
Author(s):  
Sebastian Kohl ◽  
Timur Ergen
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Firm Size ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Prime Mover ◽  
Antitrust Enforcement ◽  
Democratic Capitalism ◽  
Critical Note ◽  
Capitalist Firm ◽  
Corporate Concentration ◽  
Employment Equality

Abstract Corporate concentration is currently being discussed as a core reason for the crisis of democratic capitalism. It is seen as a prime mover for wage stagnation and alienation, economic inequalities and discontent with democracy. A tacit coalition of progressive anti-monopoly critiques and small business promoters considers more deconcentrated corporate structures to be a panacea for the crisis of democratic capitalism, arguing that small firms in competition are better for employment, equality and democracy. This paper offers a brief outline of ideas of the anti-monopoly and small business ideal and critically evaluates whether a more deconcentrated economy may live up to these promises. While we agree that the plea for strengthened antitrust enforcement contains relevant and promising prospects for reform, our analysis concludes on a decidedly critical note. In particular, we caution against romanticized notions of the small capitalist firm.

Global Corporate Concentration in Pesticides: Agrochemicals Industry

2021 ◽  
pp. 289-297
Author(s):  
Georgia Tsolomyti ◽  
Anastasios Magoutas ◽  
Giannis T. Tsoulfas
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Concentration

Mega-Mergers on the Menu: Corporate Concentration and the Politics of Sustainability in the Global Food System

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 12-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Clapp
Keyword(s):  
Food System ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
International Governance ◽  
Environmental Implications ◽  
Regulatory Frameworks ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Corporate Concentration ◽  
System Sustainability ◽  
Agricultural Input ◽  
Global Food

The agricultural input industry has become more concentrated in the wake of recently announced corporate mergers in the sector. This article examines the environmental implications of corporate concentration in the agricultural input sector and outlines the challenges of establishing effective international policy and governance on this issue. The article makes two arguments. First, corporate concentration matters for food system sustainability. Consolidation in the global seed and agro-chemical industries has been deeply entwined with the rise of industrial agriculture, which has been associated with a host of environmental problems including an increase in agro-chemical use and the loss of agricultural biodiversity. Second, although corporate concentration has important sustainability implications, there is little recognition of the potential connection between these issues in international governance measures. The article outlines a number of factors that discourage the development of policy and governance on these issues, including the lack of a clear scientific consensus on how best to promote sustainable agriculture; the weak and fragmented nature of regulatory frameworks and institutions that oversee competition policy and food system sustainability; the power of agribusiness firms to influence policy outcomes; and the complex and distanced nature of the underlying drivers of corporate concentration in the sector.

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