Among the Competition, the Cartels and the State. Business Strategies of the Leading Players on the Austrian and Czechoslovak Cement Market (1918-1938)
2016
Abstrakt
The paper aims to broaden the understanding of the business strategies of the leading players in the Czechoslovakian and the Austrian markets after the dissolution of the Austria-Hungary. It also aims to expand the empirical knowledge regarding the state interventionism, the monopolization of the market and its cartelization.
The strategic industrial sector of cement production was selected as a suitable case study. The paper will analyze business strategies of the largest players in the relevant markets.