I. Concentration and Competition in Steel
In 1901 a series of high-level mergers effectively terminated the era of active competition in the U.S. steel industry. The ...
Oil and Copper: The New Alchemists
Over the past two years, U.S. - based oil firms have been picking up copper companies at a dizzying rate ...
II. THE FOOD PROCESSORS: SOFT DRINKS & HARD PROFITS
Production in the food processing industry is highly internationalized. Brand names like Quaker Oats, Del Monte and Pillsbury are household ...
III. THE GRIM REAPERS: AGRIBUSINESS TECHNOLOGY
Well over a century ago, Cyrus McCormick helped change the face of U.S. agriculture with the invention of the reaper ...
