| Description |
1 online resource (280 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Preface -- A Note on Reading the Text -- An Alphabet Glossary -- Glossary of Explanatory and Analytical Concepts and Metaphors -- PART I Theory and Method: Probing the Pathology and Mythology of Business Collusion -- 1 Orientation -- The emergence of the subject and the field of study -- Ownership of the subject: The province of discussion determined -- The epistemology of cartel discourse -- Critical theme: A pathology and mythology of antitrust collusion |
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Probing the mystery of the cartelist mind: Cartel narratives and the biographical method -- 2 The Phenomenon of Cartelisation -- Ontology and phenomenology -- Ontology: The existence, identity and definition of cartels -- Phenomenology: The experience of cartelisation -- Agency: The puzzle of individual and organisational interaction -- Shifting identity: That obscure object of regulation -- Appendix One: One Phenomenon but Different Narratives -- 3 The Normative Basis of Regulation and Sanctions: Pathology and Mythology Revisited -- Competition governance: The changing context |
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Normative escalation: Illegality to a criminal standard -- The enforcement imperative and deterrence argument as a driver of legal control -- Sanction accumulation: The multiplication of victims and jurisdictions -- Cartel delinquency: Probing the outlaw status of the cartelist -- Appendix One: Accumulation of Sanctions Relating to the Marine Hose Cartel -- Appendix Two: Cartel Quotations -- Look Out Towers on the Subject (A Narrative of Comment) -- PART II Narratives and Analysis: Tales of Anti-Cartel Enforcement as Criminological Testing -- 4 Data and Method: Historical Narrative and Analysis |
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Information, sources and interpretation -- Sources -- The selection and presentation of information: A biographical dilemma -- The problem with anecdotal evidence -- The use of biography and vignette in the present context -- How to read the biographies: The agenda for narration -- Appendix One: Contesting Accounts of the Same Subject -- Appendix Two: The Cartel Cinema -- 5 Cartel Biographies: Six Narratives of Cartel Prehistory, Lifetime and After-Life -- The Soda Ash Cartel: Cartel heritage and long-term litigation -- The Marine Hose Cartel: Global business and global legal action |
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Marine Hose Cartel: Participants -- The Pre-Insulated Pipes Cartel: The cartel adventures of the dancing giant -- The Lysine (amino acid) Cartel: The American Mid-West intrudes upon the Asian market -- The Art House Auctions Cartel: A maverick and elite conspiracy -- The LCD Panels Cartel: A Far Eastern conspiracy in Western courts -- 6 Measuring Impact: Conceptual and Methodological Problems -- First thoughts -- A limited exercise -- The period of time -- Awareness and dissuasion -- Agency -- Actor sensitivity -- Cartel recidivism or repeat offending -- Market diversion -- Enforcement gaming |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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A summary on method |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Edwards, Jennifer
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| ISBN |
9781317169635 |
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1317169638 |
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