Size isn’t all that matters for global economies
For countries as for businesses, small scale is no barrier to success. John explains why size isn’t all that matters.
Big media can never be truly creative media
Is it inevitable that media industries will be dominated by conglomerates? This is the industry where scale creates more problem than its advantages
Survival of the fittest not the fattest
The increased concentration of the car industry has been a commonly used, yet increasingly untrue example on the effects of globalisation. There is still an important lesson to learn though.
On John Kay’s Bookshelf – Archive page
Books that John has reviewed in the past...
The roots of pluralism
Dominant companies may confer marginal benefits to consumers that are difficult, if not impossible, to estimate. However, antitrust authorities will do little wrong if they stick to the underlying principles of competition policy.
Shock of the new
Not all business strategy problems have answers, including those of BT, as Sir Christopher Bland will find when he takes over.
Where size is not everything
Concentration in the car industry is increasing as the market goes global: a common story, and an untrue one.
The key to the banks
Great size is a warning of trouble ahead in the banking industry; and the trouble may be for the taxpayer as much as the shareholder.
Size and Scale 3: Size does not guarantee survival
If there is not much evidence to support the view that large firms outperform small, or that industrial structures are becoming more concentrated, why do so many people still believe these things are true?
Size and Scale 2 (with Leslie Hannah): Myth of critical mass
Despite beliefs about the inevitability of size and concentration, and despite vigorous efforts to make them come true, the share of large firms in total output is not going up.