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Creating clubs and giants: How competition policies influenced the strategy and structure of Nordic pulp and paper industry, 1970–2000

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This article shows how companies can circumvent competition legislation by developing new informal ways of cooperation. We focus on the case of the Nordic pulp and paper industry which was particularly eager to set up cartels. Scholars analysing this sector can utilise exceptionally rich sources that reveal how industrialists reacted to the introduction and development of European competition policies. The article shows that companies defended their collusive practices by making them less transparent and more informal than before, a change that did not automatically lessen their effectiveness. Tougher competition policies also encouraged industrialists to create new giant companies.

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  • Niklas Jensen-Eriksen, 2020. "Creating clubs and giants: How competition policies influenced the strategy and structure of Nordic pulp and paper industry, 1970–2000," Business History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 62(5), pages 763-781, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:bushst:v:62:y:2020:i:5:p:763-781
    DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2017.1342812
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    1. Alexis Drach, 2023. "An Early Form of European Champions? Banking Clubs between European Integration and Global Banking (1960s-1990s)," Post-Print hal-04112324, HAL.

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