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Marco Bertilorenzi : The International Aluminium Cartel. The business and politics of a cooperative industrial institution (1886-1978), chez Routledge (série International Studies in  Business History). Ce livre est issu de ma thèse en cotutelle (Florence et Paris IV) et des recherches post-doctorales au sein de l'ANR "Créalu.Création et aluminium". Ici le lien vers le site de l'éditeur:https://www.routledge.com/products/9780415742542Description du livre dans le site de l'éditeur:Aluminium was one of most cartelised industries in the international economic panorama of the 20th century. Born following the discovery of electrolytic smelting process in 1886, this industry, even in its infancy, established a cartel which characterised its history until nearly 1980. Managers of the aluminium industry from various historical eras and countries shared the same  vision about the development of their industry: to keep prices as stable as possible in order to encourage expansions and to provide return oninvestments. Price instability, which characterised the trade of othercommodities, was unknown to the aluminium industry.This book neither argues that cartels are fundamentally evil, nor attempts to  demonstrate that cartels are optimal business organisations. It instead provides an in-depth and frank analysis of the internal working of industrial organisations and of the interplay between cartels and political powers and institutions. The International Aluminium Cartel offers explanations for the  construction and collapse of cartels, descriptions of their operations, and a historical interpretation of their experiences.Incorporating information gleaned from a unique collection of private and  public archives from several countries, this unique study will appeal to a  wide variety of readers, including academics interested in industrial and  business history.