Big Steel: Technology, Trade, and Survival in a Global Market Contributor(s): Madar, Daniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 077481666X ISBN-13: 9780774816663 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press OUR PRICE: $37.57 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Metallurgy - Technology & Engineering | Mechanical - History | Canada - General |
Dewey: 338.47 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.20 lbs) 248 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: World steel production has grown dramatically as countries industrialize and add their own steel-producing capacity. China's prodigious expansion of steel output has increased the industry's natural vulnerability to oversupply and volatile prices. And the merger of the two largest steelmakers, Arcelor and Mittal, portends consolidation as a prime strategy for diversification and stabilization. This book examines the competition and survival strategies of the integrated steel industry from various vantage points including cost structures and technology, export pricing strategies, the economics of trade protection, Paul Krugman's Nobel Prize-winning explanation of industrial diffusion and trade, and the prospects of cooperating closely with automakers. The industry's future, Big Steel shows, is cosmopolitan. |