La producción y la capacidad instalada en la industria siderúrgica y del aluminio: Un balance de los cambios empresarios, tecnológicos y de mercado durante las últimas dos décadas

Schvarzer, Jorge and Papa, Javier (2005): La producción y la capacidad instalada en la industria siderúrgica y del aluminio: Un balance de los cambios empresarios, tecnológicos y de mercado durante las últimas dos décadas. Published in: CESPA - Documento de Trabajo No. 7 (June 2005)

Abstract

The metal-working and aluminium industries are widely known as basic industries since their supply feed into a number of of other economic activities producing final goods. Additionally, these industries are classified as heavy industries since they require a substantial capital investment per unit of output, well above the required in other economic activities. Besides, they are part of a technological model that is based on economies of scale to operate efficentlly These two characteristics tend to create considerable barriers to entry into the industy which, in turn, may lead to oligopolistics form of market concentration. In this article, we analize in depth the evolving technological characterictisc of these industrial sector and efficiency as well as the impact on the business strategies and market concentration.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Production and installed capacity in the metalworking and alluminium industries. An overview of business strategies, technological change and market dynamics over the past two decades (in Argentina)
• Language: Spanish
• Keywords: Industrial Studies, Industrial Policy, Macroeconomic, Technological Change, Market Power, Businesss Strategies, Argentina
• Subjects: L - Industrial Organization > L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance; L - Industrial Organization > L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance > L11 - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure ; Size Distribution of Firms; L - Industrial Organization > L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance > L12 - Monopoly ; Monopolization Strategies; L - Industrial Organization > L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance > L16 - Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics: Industrial Structure and Structural Change ; Industrial Price Indices; L - Industrial Organization > L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior > L22 - Firm Organization and Market Structure; L - Industrial Organization > L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior > L25 - Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope; L - Industrial Organization > L5 - Regulation and Industrial Policy > L52 - Industrial Policy ; Sectoral Planning Methods; L - Industrial Organization > L6 - Industry Studies: Manufacturing; L - Industrial Organization > L6 - Industry Studies: Manufacturing > L61 - Metals and Metal Products ; Cement ; Glass ; Ceramics; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O14 - Industrialization ; Manufacturing and Service Industries ; Choice of Technology; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences ; Diffusion Processes; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O38 - Government Policy

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