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Gourvish, Terry and Tennent, Kevin
(2010).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791003610717
Abstract
In studies of the popular music industry, there has been much interest in the market share of the leading firms (majors), and the apparent connections between a high level of concentration and musical innovation and diversity. Peterson and Berger argued that in the United States the majors lost market share to independent companies in 1955-62, then recovered their position to 1973. This article uses a newly-constructed database and concentration measures to test the proposition in relation to Britain for 1952-75. We find that British majors also lost market share, but the process started much later, and was not followed by a recovery. Instead, American majors entered the market directly from the late 1960s.
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- Item ORO ID
- 24018
- Item Type
- Journal Item
- ISSN
- 0007-6791
- Keywords
- British music industry; concentration; competitive entry
- Academic Unit or School
- Faculty of Business and Law (FBL)
- Copyright Holders
- © 2010 Taylor & Francis
- Depositing User
- Kevin Tennent