recreate‚ but in the text)‚ shows a firm with a kinked demand curve a. What assumption lies behind the shape of this demand curve? The kinked demand curve assumes that other firms will follow price decreases and will not follow price increases. For instance‚ in an oligopoly model‚ based on two demand curves that assumes that other firms will not match a firm’s price increases‚ but will match its price increases. The kinked demand curve model of oligopoly implies that oligopoly prices tend
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Chapter #1-What is Satellite Radio? People all around the world have their favorite radio stations that are preset into car radios‚ flipping between them driving to and from work‚ on errands and around town. The only problem is‚ when traveling too far away from the source station‚ the signal breaks up and fades into static. Most radio signals can only travel about 30 or 40 miles from their source‚ in big market areas. Looking around Canada‚ there are many areas where terrestrial radio is just not
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Supply and Demand Curves Answer the following questions Write the definition for each of the following: 1. Law of Demand Demand is the “wants” that consumers are willing to pay for. The quantity demanded is related to price. As the price falls people demand more‚ if the price rises people demand less. People may want many things‚ however only what they are willing to purchase is demand. It is important to realize the other variables that affect demand‚ for example‚ the law of demand is stated
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1. Demand Curve for Oligopolistic Market. Above the kink‚ demand is relatively elastic because all other firms’ prices remain unchanged. Below the kink‚ demand is relatively inelastic because all other firms will introduce a similar price cut‚ eventually leading to a price war. Therefore‚ the best option for the oligopolist is to produce at point E which is the equilibrium point and the kink point. This is a theoretical model proposed in 1947‚ which has failed to receive conclusive evidence for
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fish means there is a low supply of fish and therefore the demand increases which accounts for the increase in price. The additional information that is needed to construct a measure is why the meat price decreased. One possible reason is there could have been an influx of meat that forced the price to be lowered because there was simply too much meat at the end of the year the price decreased in order to get rid of the surplus‚ the demand went down and the supply went up. 1. Define unemployment
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SIRIUS XM ANALYSIS Sirius XM has attempted to establish themselves according to these five forces. In terms of threats of entry‚ Sirius XM has really attempted to differentiate themselves from standard radio by providing an abundant amount of channels that provides news‚ sports and all kinds of music. By merging Sirius and XM radios together‚ they have really planted themselves as the gorilla in the satellite industry‚ and it would be tough for another satellite company to enter and take away
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but provides interesting thoughts for further research. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Error! Bookmark not defined. MARKET STRUCTURE/COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS Error! Bookmark not defined. Supply and demand analysis 5 Income factor 6 Demand factor 7 BEHAVIOUR OF FIRMS IN THE MARKET 8 A monopoly’s revenue 8 MARKET EFFICIENCY AND ISSUE 9 Market efficiency 9 ASTRO profit maximisation (monopoly) 11 The welfare cost of monopoly 12 The deadweight loss 13 Is monopoly
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Sirius Xm (SIRI) Turnaround post 2007 merger Industry: * Prior to change: Sector: Consumer Services / Industry: Broadcasting - Radio * After change: Sector: Consumer Services / Industry: Broadcasting - Radio Challenge Years: Pre and Post 2007 (merger) •Introduction: * Sirius and XM‚ separate companies‚ began to compete in the satellite radio business in 2001 and 2002. Target market was car drivers and daily commuters who listened to their local radio stations that they preferred‚ but
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SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS - AN OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION The outer space has always fascinated people on the earth and communication through space evolved as an offshoot of ideas for space travel. The earliest idea of using artificial satellites for communications is found in a science fiction Brick Moon by Edward Evert Hale‚ published in 1869-70. While the early fictional accounts of satellite and space communications bear little resemblance to the technology as it exists
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______________________________________________________________________________ XM Satellite Radio Competing in the New Digital World [pic] ______________________________________________________________________________ This case was written by Professor Michele Greenwald‚ Visiting Professor at HEC Paris‚ for use with Advertising and Promotion: An Integrated Marketing Communications Perspective – 7th edition by George E. Belch and Michael A. Belch. It is intended
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