Arbeitspapier
Monopoly capitalism in the digital era
The paper applies the radical view of Monopoly Capitalism to the digital platform economy. Based on the seminal ideas of Hymer and Zeitlin that led Cowling and Sugden to define the large monopolistic firm as a means to plan production from a unique centre of strategic decision-making, we attempt to develop a framework where digital platforms are conceived as an evolution of large transnational corporations. Power and control in our Monopoly Capitalism view are then meant not only in terms of market relations, but rather as levers for coordinating global production and influencing world societies. Applying this framework to the Amazon case, we highlight the key analytical dimensions to be considered: not only Amazon dominates other firms and suppliers through its diversification and a direct control of data and technology; its power is also linked to global labour fragmentation and uneven bargaining power vis-à-vis world governments, as in the Hymer and Cowling's tradition.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: LEM Working Paper Series ; No. 2021/33
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Monopoly; Monopolization Strategies
Firm Organization and Market Structure
Capitalist Enterprises
- Thema
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Monopoly Capital
Monopoly Power
Digital Platforms
Amazon
Multinational corporation
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Coveri, Andrea
Cozza, Claudio
Guarascio, Dario
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM)
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Pisa
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2021
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Coveri, Andrea
- Cozza, Claudio
- Guarascio, Dario
- Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM)
Entstanden
- 2021