Resistance of the Defeated
German and Italian Big Business and the American Antitrust Policy, 1945–1957
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12680474 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luciano Segreto (0000-0001-9283-8326, Erasmus University Rotterdam, corresponding author), Ben Wubs (0009-0005-9765-4936, Erasmus University Rotterdam) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 307-336 |
| Publication date | 2014-02-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Enterprise & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1467-2227 • E-ISSN: 1467-2235 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/es/khu001 |
| OpenAlex | W2034533821 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 24 |
The article addresses the question to what extent American antitrust policy in Germany and Italy during the 1950s, was a success or not. Did these nations adopt this policy, did they adapt themselves to it, or did they completely reject it? By a detailed comparison of these two big European nations, Germany and Italy—both defeated powers of the Second World War, and both therefore strongly dependent on postwar American aid—the effects of the American antitrust policy will be analyzed. Eventually, the Germans better adapted, after initial resistance of German big business, to the American plans than the Italians, however, only in an amended and softer form. The Italian resistance—but we even use the expression prolonged rejection—to the economic reforms were much stronger. The US administration envisioned a unified free European market without cartels as early as 1943, however, it would take another fifty years before these ideas would be implemented
Administration (probate law · Big business · Economic history · Economics · German · Political economy · Political science · Resistance (ecology · World War II · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · European history and politics · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law
Industry and ideology
Exporting the American Model
Antitrust and the Formation of the Postwar World
The Americanisation of European Business
The German Economy in the Twentieth Century
The War within World War II
The German Economy in the Twentieth Century
The Americanisation of West German Industry, 1945-1973
The Postwar Challenge
Business history. Complexities and comparisons
The politics of productivity
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.36 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2021 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |