Forever: De Beers & US Anti-Trust Laws Case Study Presentation 6/29/2011 Group 9 – The Explorers Executive Summary For centuries‚ diamonds have been regarded as one of the most valuable commodities in the world and the industry has evolved into billions of dollars. At the top‚ De Beers dominated the entire industry worldwide‚ from exploration to retail selling. However‚ it has a reputation of a monopolist‚ where it influences supply and demand. The two critical factors that De Beers carefully
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DE BEERS AND THE U.S ANTITRUST LAW PRESENTED BY: Anuj Vadehra:PGHRM11 Honey Bohare:PGHRM27 Rajul Khare:PGHRM49 Mehec Chopra:PGHRM38 Prachi Gera:PGHRM46 DE BEERS – THE SHINE One of the world’s most successful longest running monopoly Controlling force of the international diamond market Launched the “millennial” campaign in 1999; aimed at selling “De Beers diamond” rather than a regular diamond THE DUST BENEATH THE ROCK De Beers marketing and operating structure was in violation of U.S
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Genero1@aol.com De Beers and the Diamond Monopoly Report - Guide Thomas Schieder I.-No.: 648792 SS00 – Wirtschaftsrecht SuK - Economic Policy 1. History 1.1 De Beers and the Diamond Cartel 1.2 Cecil Rhodes and the discovery of Diamonds in South Africa 1.3 Evolution of the Cartel 1.4 The Cartel in action 1.5 Stockpiling 2. U. S. Antitrust Law 2.1 History and Motivation 2.1.1 The Sherman Act 2.1.2 The Clayton Act 2.2 Extraterritoriality 3. De Beers in 2000 Sources: - Harvard Business
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tells us? First of all‚ it tells us that the inventory strategy is consistent regardless of how CSO sales and overall profit from operations perform. This strategy was launched so that the De Beers could control demand and prices. Evidently it also shows that the 1980’s bust is a low peaking point for De Beers‚ as inventory levels for the first time is significantly higher than OP and CSO SALES. Q2. Please briefly talk about the recent boom-and-bust The 1970s were a turbulent time for the diamond
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Microeconomics July 29‚ 2013 Research Paper on Monopoly De Beers Monopoly A monopoly is a market structure in which the number of sellers is so small that each seller is able to influence the total supply and the piece of the good or service. A monopoly can be both legal and illegal depending on the market structure. Monopolies and free enterprise companies will abuse consumers by monopolizing a specific sector of business. The question of a monopoly is if they don’t exist is it in
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industrial purposes or in the luxury sector (gemstones) Diamond jewellery is worth more than US$72 billion per year (very high profitability) The biggest slice of the cake A giant’s first steps Founded in 1888 in South Africa by Cecil Rhodes‚ De Beers quickly obtained a dominant position in the world diamond market. In just a few years‚ DeBeers became the leading company of an international cartel‚ mostly thanks to Ernest Oppenheimer and its heirs. “Common sense tells us that the only way to
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STRATEGY: INDUSTRY AND COMPETITION Problem Set 3 1. Throughout the 1990s‚ several developments contributed to the loss of market-share of the Central Selling Organization‚ which inevitably led to diminishing profits for De Beers. In 1991‚ the Soviet Union collapsed and this disintegration brought down the exclusivity that the CSO had enjoyed for so long. Indeed‚ the fall of communism made it difficult for the cartel to protect its trading agreements. As such‚ only limited shares of the Russian
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best way to promote consumer well-being. America’s anti-trust laws have been in place for more than 100 years‚ since the Industrialization of America. However‚ more countries have passed anti-trust laws in the past 20 years. America’s anti-trust laws were passed to focus on anti-competitive practices. Americans have long loved free market system and the competition that it fosters. Competition among businesses has been regulated by anti-trust acts recently; however they help to maintain a fair
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De Beers‚ the so-called cartel in the jewellery industry‚ is a company that dominates diamond industry. The core operational of De Beers includes diamond mining‚ diamond shops‚ diamond trading and industrial diamond manufacturing sectors. De Beers is active in every category of industrial diamond mining: open-pit‚ underground‚ large-scale alluvial‚ coastal and deep sea. The company’s headquarter located in Johannesburg‚ South Africa. As the vertically integrated diamonds producer‚ De Beers
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Anti-trust laws in the United States have been effectively used to prevent monopolies in industries like telecommunications‚ oil and gas and computer software. Anti-trust laws are enforced in order to maintain free competition in the marketplace‚ which generates lower prices and incentivizes the development of high quality products. Today‚ hospital systems are experiencing an era of heavy consolidation‚ which include mergers and acquisitions and physician practice buy-outs. According to the Wall
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