在过去10年里,美国各行业进行大兼并的趋势到处可见。汽车制造行业通过兼并形成三大制造商。会计行业形成了五大公司。同汽车制造业的情况一样,烟草业也形成了三大公司。电信业、音乐界、软饮料行业以及其他数不清的行业都出现了由少数几家大公司主宰的局面。 寡头垄断全球化 在最近疯狂的交易中。寡头垄断公司开始走向全球化。看看戴姆勒公司与克莱斯勒公司的合并及总部设在英国的沃达丰财团PLC公司拟议购买美国的空中联系通信公司的情况吧,这一协议将会创立世界上最大的通信公司。 约翰斯·霍普金斯大学主要商业历史学家路易斯·高隆博什指出:“寡头垄 Over the past 10 years, the trend of major mergers in various industries in the United States has been widespread. The automobile manufacturing industry formed three major manufacturers through mergers. Accounting industry formed five major companies. As in the automotive industry, the tobacco industry has also formed three major companies. Telecoms, the music industry, the soft drink industry and countless other industries have dominated by a handful of big companies. Oligarchy Globalization In the recent mad trading. Oligopoly companies are beginning to go global. Look at the merger of Daimler and Chrysler and the British-based Vodafone Consortium PLC's proposed acquisition of U.S. air contact carriers, which will create the world's largest communications company. Louis Kolding Bosch, a leading business historian at Johns Hopkins, said: "Oligopoly