International MSc in Business Administration Managerial Economics Market Structures Part 1 Carlos Almeida Andrade 2013/14 Managerial Economics: Market Structures Part 1 Market Structures Firms may face different environments in terms of market structure: • number of firms • relative size of those firms‚ • their influence on market conditions (market power) • different technology and costs gy • information • demand conditions‚ etc. These differences have an impact on the choices
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When monopolists are not protected by law from competition‚ the companies may have to keep their prices low in order to keep competition from entering the market. However‚ USPS is considered a pure monopoly and barriers of entry are in place. USPS is the only federal operating system that sends and delivers mail. USPS has competition in the market with services such as package delivery. Now‚ the agency has to compete with major companies such as UPS and FedEx. United States Postal Services depends
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fit into one form of the market structure types of pure competition‚ monopolistic competition‚ oligopoly and monopoly. In each of the four market structure types‚ analyse and evaluate the Structure-Conduct-Performance paradigm strategies a firm should pursue to sustain and improve on its profitability as much as possible. In the course of writing your assignment‚ you are required to use the SCP paradigm to evaluate the characteristics of the four market structure types‚ and how they impact
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MARKET STRUCTURE It is common to see similar products offered for sale at vastly different prices. For example‚ the price of a hotel room can vary from as low as £25 per night to several hundreds of pounds or more in the same city; the cost of gym membership will vary depending on the nature of the business organisation offering the service. An organisation’s ability to influence the price at which it sells its products is largely dependent upon the type of market in which it operates. The
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I. MARKET STRUCTURE We can classify firms by the roles they play in the target market: leader‚ challenger‚ follower‚ or nicher. Suppose a market is occupied by the firms shown in Figure 1.1. Forty percent of the market is in the hands of a market leader; another 30 percent is in the hands of a market challenger; another 20 percent is in the hands of a market follower‚ a firm that is willing to maintain its market share and not rock the boat. The remaining 10 percent is in the hands of market nichers
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This article details the development of AirAsia Malaysia from 2005 to 2008 and builds on a prior case‚ ‘AirAsia: The Sky’s the Limit’. Within only four years‚ AirAsia managed to expand its operations into another ten countries. In addition‚ through its associate company AsiaX‚ it launched long-haul low-cost air services from Malaysia to Australia and the United Kingdom. The article documents AirAsia’s marketing strategy and discusses its approach towards ‘market development’ and ‘product development’
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the industry produce similar products and consumers have complete and accurate information about their prices. All firms have equal access to raw materials‚ capital‚ labor and technology. A perfectly competitive industry‚ therefore‚ has no single market leader or monopolistic firm. All participating companies are identically leveraged and each must offer high quality products to retain customers. Examples of perfectly competitive industries include those that offer agricultural products‚ such as
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ascendance of AirAsia 1. What is the macro and industry environment for new budget airlines in the Asia- Pacific region? What opportunities and challenges are associated with that environment? People in the Southeast Asian have low average incomes. The low average incomes should boost the cheap fares demands. In recent years‚ because of the government decreased the entry barrier of airline industry‚ more and more carriers entered the airline market. The Southeast
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U ANNUAL REPORT – –– SHANGRI-LA HOTELS (MALAYSIA) BERHAD CONTENTS 2 4 10 22 23 24 25 30 35 38 42 49 49 51 109 112 115 Group Financial Highlights Chairman’s Statement Operations Review Corporate Structure Financial Calendar Corporate Data Profile of Board of Directors Statement on Corporate Governance Statement on Internal Control Audit Committee Report Corporate Social Responsibility Additional Compliance Information Statement on Directors’ Responsibility Financial Statements Group
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4. Sources of Finance 13 5. Market Value of Share 14 6. Economic Conditions 15 6.1 Political 15 6.2 Economic 15 6.3 Social 16 6.4 Technology 16 6.5 Environment 16 7. View of Chairman’s statement (Refer to AirAsia 2010 Annual Report‚ pp.58-60) 17 8. Would you buy shares? 18 9. General Information about Company (Refer to Appendix 11-19) 19 10. Reference 20 Appendix Appendix 1 AirAsia Berhad (Group)’s Income Statement 24 Appendix 2 AirAsia Berhad (Group)’s Balance Sheet
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