How Market Structures Determine the Pricing and Output of Businesses Introduction There are several different market structures in which organisations can operate. The type of structure will influence a company’s behaviour and the level of profits it can generate. The structure of a market refers to the number of businesses in a market‚ their market shares and other features which affect the level of competition in the market. Structures are classified in term of the presence or absence of competition
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Market structures and pricing Revenues Consumers * Inverse demand curve gives willingness-to-pay * Benefit consumer(s) derive(s) from additional good; * Area under inverse demand curve measures total willingness-to-pay‚ total benefit or total surplus. * Maximum price I can charge as producer determined by inverse demand function * Marginal revenues; revenue of next unit I sell Strategies * Profit maximization * Marginal profits equal to 0 (MR=MC) *
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MARKET STRUCTURE AND PRICING DECISIONS BY ONIKOYI O. OLUWATOBI M.sc. Marketing A Presentation submitted to the department of business Administration and marketing Management and Social Sciences. In partial Fulfilment on ECONS 801 (MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS) Taught by Associate Prof. Didia P. O November‚ 2011 Introduction In order to maximize profits or shareholder wealth‚ managers must use the information that they have relating to demand and costs in order to determine strategy regarding price
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The consequences of competition for the pricing and output decisions of firms are most easily established in the model of pure competition‚1 which requires that 1. Potential buyers and sellers are numerous and each is so small relative to the market that individual decisions about purchases or output do not noticeably affect market demand or supply‚ nor‚ consequently‚ do individual decisions affect the market price. 2. Firms in the industry produce a homogeneous (standardized)
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IMPORTANCE OF PRICING STRAGETIES IN MARKET STRUCTURES THE IMPORTANCE OF PRICING STRAGETIES IN MARKET STRUCTURES Yvette Daniels American Public University Systems October 15‚ 2011 The importance of pricing strategies is different depending upon the type of market structure because each market structure has special components that affect the pricing schema and determination of output. Although the pricing strategies are different‚ it is highly important for a select market structure to choose the
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Market Structures and Relating Pricing Strategies Abstract This paper analysis’s the four categories of the market structure; perfect competition; monopolistic competition‚ oligopoly and monopoly marketing structures. It will also provide pricing strategies as they are specifically related to each market structure. Each market structure possesses it own unique pricing structure that every business follows to achieve its maximum profit. Some market structures pricing strategies
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Pricing Decisions are decisions faced by top management and marketing managers. How much to charge for a product or service depends on a multitude of factors such as competition‚ cost‚ advertising‚ and sales promotion. Economic theory suggests that the best price for a product or service is the one that maximizes the difference between total revenue and total costs. However‚ in reality‚ the price charged is usually some form of cost-plus‚ which is later adjusted for market conditions and competition
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Analysis of Market Structures and Pricing Strategies The markets today are so complex and deal with so many variables it can be difficult to understand just exactly how they operate. In the following I will reveal the different kinds of market structures along with their different pricing strategies. Relating to these topics‚ I will focus on the importance of cost‚ competition and customer. 1. Analysis of different market Structures Different
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1. Pricing decisions Factors to consider when setting prices All profit organizations and many non profit organizations must set prices on their products or services. Simply defined‚ price is the amount of money charged for a product or service. More broadly‚ price is the sum of the values consumers exchange for the benefits of having or using the product or service. A company ’s pricing decisions are affected both by internal company factors and by external environmental factors. These factors
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HOW DEMAND DETERMINES OUTPUT IN THE SHORT RUN Typically‚ firms that supply intermediate goods such as steel rods or other inputs let demand not price determine the level of output in the short run. To understand this idea‚ consider an automobile firm that buys material from a steelmaker on a regular basis. Because the auto firm and the steel producer have been in business with one another for a long time and have an ongoing relationship‚ they have negotiated a contract that keeps steel prices
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