TY  - JOUR
AU  - Kim,Sukkoo
TI  - The Rise of Multiunit Firms in U.S. Manufacturing
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 6425
PY  - 1998
Y2  - February 1998
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w6425
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w6425.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Sukkoo Kim
Department of Economics
Washington University
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
Tel: 314/935-4961
Fax: 314/935-4156
E-Mail: soks@artsci.wustl.edu
AB  - The modern multiunit enterprise has been touted by historians and economic historians as a major and important phase of organizational change and a significant source of growth. However, no systematic record of the prevalence and patterns of multiunit activity has yet been established.  This paper provides a systematic record of the rise and spread of the multiunit firm and examines the causes of its rise in U.S. manufacturing using data from the census bureau's enterprise statistics and other census sources.
ER  -