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How To Break The Monopoly In Port Industrial, Minjiang Gao Aug 2018

How To Break The Monopoly In Port Industrial, Minjiang Gao

World Maritime University Dissertations

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The Regulation Model Of The International Shipping Alliance : A Comparative Study Of He European Union, The United States And China, Yue Yin Aug 2018

The Regulation Model Of The International Shipping Alliance : A Comparative Study Of He European Union, The United States And China, Yue Yin

World Maritime University Dissertations

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X-Inefficiency In Monopolies, Emily Nowlan Apr 2018

X-Inefficiency In Monopolies, Emily Nowlan

HON499 projects

This paper takes a case study approach to studying the efficiency and causes of decline for monopoly firms. The focus of the analysis will be on two firms: IBM, and Xerox. The main causes of failure studied will be financial issues, mismanagement, and regulatory cases. One theory is that, as monopolies operate, one begins to see a differential between growth of profits and expenditures. Thus, the firms become “fat and slow.” The company may also become bogged down with overhead, attempting to maintain unsustainable and unnecessary levels of employment. Compounding this issue, many managers fail to accurately predict the movement …