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Les deux visages de la concentration industrielle : efficacité et rente de situation

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  • Michel Amar
  • Bruno Crépon

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[fre] Depuis le début des années quatre-vingt, la concentration industrielle s'est nettement renforcée. . Aujourd'hui, la concentration est synonyme d'une plus grande ouverture sur l'extérieur, d'une plus forte intensité capitalistique, d'un effort de recherche plus important et d'une meilleure qualification des salariés. En bref, la . concentration dynamise les performances industrielles. Certes, les groupes des secteurs les plus concentrés dégagent les marges les plus élevées. Mais ces rentes de situation sont doublement limitées. D'une part, elles sont attractives et favorisent ainsi une certaine déconcentration. D'autre part, l'internationalisation des marchés inhérente au processus de concentration tend à les réduire. [eng] The Two Aspects of Industrial Concentration : Efficiency and Situational Rent - Since the early eighties, industrial concentration has noticeably intensified. . Nowadays, industrial concentration is synonymous with greater access to foreign markets, a higher capital intentity, more efforts devoted to research and better-qualified wage-earners. In short, concentration boosts industrial performance. . Of course, groups belonging to the most concentrated sectors draw the highest margins. But the situational rents are limited in two ways. On the one hand, because they are attractive, they favor some kind of déconcentration. On the other hand, the internationalization of the markets inherent in the combining process tends to reduce situational rents. [spa] Las dos caras de la concentración industrial: eficacidad y renta de situación - . el inicio de los años ochenta, la concentración industrial se reforzó considerablemente. Hoy en día, la concentración surge como sinónimo de una mayor apertura hacia el exterior, de una intensidad capitahsta más fuerte, de un esfuerzo de investigación más importante y de una mejor calificación de los asalariados. En resumen, la concentración dinamiza los buenos resultados industrials. Ciertamente, en los grupos de los sectores de mayor concentración se desprenden las márgenes de ganancias más elevadas. Pero esas rentas de situación son doblemente limitadas. Por una parte, son atractivas, favoreciendo de ese modo, una cierta desconcentración. Por otra parte, la internacionalización de los mercados, inherente al proceso de concentración, tiene tendencia a reducirlas.

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  • Michel Amar & Bruno Crépon, 1990. "Les deux visages de la concentration industrielle : efficacité et rente de situation," Économie et Statistique, Programme National Persée, vol. 229(1), pages 5-19.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:ecstat:estat_0336-1454_1990_num_229_1_5416
    DOI: 10.3406/estat.1990.5416
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