Price discrimination in the Steel Industry: evidence from Egypt
Abstract
This paper studies and enlightens mainly price discrimination; which is simply selling products for differentiated prices. Firstly, a literature framework is detailed with all the theories and types of price discrimination throughout the years. It is a strategy that is used worldwide by so many companies and firms, but this paper studies specifically the activity of the major player in the Egyptian steel industry; Ezz Steel. The research resulted in; that there is no price discrimination activities are implied in the industry currently by the companies due to the interference of the government. However, before that the company applied some strategies that are illustrated in the paper in detail.
Author Biography
Doaa Salman, Ph D, is a professor of Economics at October University for Managements and Arts (MSA), Egypt. She is the head of economics department and the Vice dean for community services and environmental affairs at Egypt. Her main research interest is in international trade and development. And she has several publication in this field. Further, she is expert in entrepreneurial empowerment and sustainable environmental policies. Her research appears in journals Such As: future business journal, European Journal of Economics, Finance, Journal of International Business & Finance and International Journal of Green Economics .She has a wide variety of teaching and professional experiences.  Dr. Doaa as a certified trainer she participated in Education Development Program for Egyptian universities (EDU Egypt)  for three consecutive years. She is also a fellow in British of higher education. She is a member in the FEMISE women Euro Med institutes. She has also been the editor of volumes in well-known publishers such as Elsevier, Emerald
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