Cartel (disambiguation)
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Cartel
A cartel is a formal agreement among competing firms. It is a formal organization of producers and manufacturers that agree to fix prices, marketing, and production. Cartels usually occur in an oligopolistic industry, where there is a small number of sellers and usually involve homogeneous products...

usually refers to a tight organization based on a formal agreement among commercial enterprises with conflicting interests.

The term may also refer to a perceivedly tight organization formed by another type of parties with conflicting interests for their common matters:
  • drug cartel
    Drug cartel
    Drug cartels are criminal organizations developed with the primary purpose of promoting and controlling drug trafficking operations. They range from loosely managed agreements among various drug traffickers to formalized commercial enterprises. The term was applied when the largest trafficking...

    , a drug trafficking organization
  • cartel, adopted from Dutch language kartel
    Kartel
    A kartel is the Dutch term for an electoral alliance between two or more parties in Belgium.In a system of proportional representation in which the country is divided in multiple electoral districts, such as Belgium the threshold to obtain one seat can be very high , which also favours larger parties...

    , a public and formal electoral alliance
    Electoral alliance
    An electoral alliance may take the form of a bipartisan electoral agreement, electoral agreement, electoral coalition or electoral bloc. It is an association of political parties or individuals which exists solely to stand in elections...

     between political parties, (hence, cartel parties)
  • cartel, the topic of the cartel party theory about evoluating influences between state and political parties, (hence, cartel parties)
  • cartel, the topic of the state cartel theory
    State cartel theory
    State cartel theory is a new concept in the field of International Relations theory and belongs to the group of institutionalist approaches. Up to now the theory has mainly been specified with regard to the European Union , but could be made much more general...

     about international relations, formed by states (hence, cartel states).
  • In the names of two German umbrella organizations of Catholic student fraternities:
  • Cartellverband (in German
    German language
    German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

    ), abbreviated CV and short for Cartellverband der katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen
    Cartellverband der katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen
    The Cartellverband der katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen or Cartellverband is a German umbrella organization of Catholic male student fraternities .-Foundation:...

    (since 1856)
  • Kartellverband (in German
    German language
    German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

    ), abbreviated KV and short for Kartellverband katholischer deutscher Studentenvereine
    Kartellverband katholischer deutscher Studentenvereine
    The Kartellverband katholischer deutscher Studentenvereine) is a German academic corporate association with ninety member corporations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland...

    (since 1865)


Cartel may also refer to:
  • Cartel (band)
    Cartel (band)
    Cartel is a American pop rock band from Conyers, Georgia that formed in 2003. The band is best known for their single "Honestly", featured on their 2005 debut album Chroma, and for their 2007 appearance on MTV's Band in a Bubble....

    , an American pop rock band
    • Cartel (album)
      Cartel (album)
      -Reception:The album received mixed reviews by critics, most saying the album was rushed, undefined, and unemotional.-Credits:* Nic Hudson – guitar* Joseph Pepper – guitar* Will Pugh – vocals, guitar, piano, programming* Jeff Lett – bass, Backing Vocals...

      , the band's self-titled album
  • Cartel (Germany)
    Cartel (Germany)
    Cartel is a German hip hop album released in 1995 featuring various artists of Turkish descent. The compilation contains five tracks by Nuremberg artist Karakan, three songs from the Kiel group Da Crime Posse, three songs by Erci E...

     - a compilation album
  • Cartel (rap group)
    Cartel (rap group)
    Cartel is a 1995 Turkish hip hop group that received attention and popularity in both Turkey and Germany. They were famous for pioneering the use of traditional Turkish music instruments in Hip Hop music...

    , a Turkish hip hop group
  • The Cartel, a professional wrestling stable
  • The Cartel (record distributor)
    The Cartel (record distributor)
    The Cartel, usually known as the Cartel without capitalisation but with the definite article, was a co-operative record distribution organisation in the United Kingdom, set up by a number of small independent record labels to handle their distribution to record shops...

    , a network of record distributors in the UK
  • The Cartel a 2010 documentary film by Bob Bowdon
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