Industry structure market concentration

Short-term profit volatility and analysts forecasts, then, have much less impact on a company s share price than is often assumed. Capital markets have a longer-term perspective. Furthermore, in an industry like chemicals, even if we assume a continuous improvement in fundamental performance, the attempt to generate an equally continuous, volatility-free growth in profits will be virtually impossible because of structural factors like feedstock volatility, currency exposure, and seasonal effects. Chemical companies should learn to live with earnings surprises and concentrate instead on communicating a concrete long-term strategy - and of course deliver appropriately on capital market expectations, which will be correctly set on this basis. 

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The first part of the book explores the relationship between market structure and the rate and direction of the innovation process. Specifically, the chapter by Marin and Soitis analyses the relationship between market size, the existence of alternative technological trajectories in R D intensive industries, and concentration. In particular, according to Sutton (1991 and 1998) predictions, Marin and Siotis tested two main hypotheses a) as market size grows, industries with endogenous sunk costs, such as advertising and R D expenditures, may... 

MARKET STRUCTURE AND MARKET POWER Table 15.1 Concentration in the lead industry (per cent market share)... 

Indeed, PDC catalyzes mainly the reaction of pyruvate with benzaldehyde for the formation of (R)-PAC 27. This C—C bond formation, a two-carbon unit elongation, is coupled to the concomitant decarboxylation of pyruvate 26. This reaction is industrially developed for the synthesis of (—)-ephedrine by adding a second step, a reductive amination. Ephedrine (marketed by Merck especially) is a sympathomimetic amine commonly used as a stimulant, appetite suppressant, concentration aid, and decongestant, and it is used to treat hypotension associated with anesthesia. It is similar in structure to the (semisynthetic) derivatives amphetamine and meth-amphetamine. Chemically, it is an alkaloid derived from various plants in the genus Ephedra (family Ephedra-ceae). It works mainly by increasing the activity of noradrenaline on adrenergic receptors. ... 

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