Term:
Deconcentration
Definition:
Deconcentration is the policy of breaking up and divesting operations of large firms in order to reduce the degree of concentration in an industry.
Domain:
Finance
Source:
Glossary of Industrial Organisation Economics and Competition Law, compiled by R. S. Khemani and D. M. Shapiro, commissioned by the Directorate for Financial, Fiscal and Enterprise Affairs, OECD, 1993