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Differentiation of firms by goods and operations
Market structure, in economics, depicts how firms are differentiated and categorised based on the types of goods they sell (homogeneous/heterogeneous) and how their operations are affected by external factors and elements. Market structure makes it easier to understand the characteristics of diverse markets. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Market structureA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Market Structure, Oligopsony Power, and ProductivityInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Thomas RuffThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Market Orientation: The Construct, Research Propositions, and Managerial ImplicationsCited 13,319 times
- Go sideways: Imperfect competitionA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Market powerA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Market Orientation: The Construct, Research Propositions, and Managerial Implications
Liquidity and Market Structure
Market Structure and Innovation
Globalization and Market Structure
Market structure, fragmentation, and market quality
Market Structure and Market Value
Technology and market structure
Innovation and Market Structure
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
Thomas RuffThomas Ruff, Ute Eskildsen · 1991
How to get happily publishedJudith Appelbaum, Nancy Evans · 1978
Managing and Marketing Radical InnovationsBirgit Sandberg, Birgitta Sandberg · 2008
Adjustment, Poverty and Employment in MexicoAraceli Damian · 2000- 📕Problemy stanovlenii︠a︡ rynka truda v stranakh s perekhodnoĭ ekonomikoĭ (opyt stran T︠s︡entr. i Vost.Evropy)N. Kruchinina · 2000
- 📕Roads to Post-FordismMax Koch · 2017
The Dismal ScienceStephen A. Marglin · 2008- 📕Assessing the Macroeconomic Impact of Structural Reforms the Case of ItalyLusine Lusinyan, Dirk Muir · 2013
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