Oligopoly An oligopoly is an intermediate market structure between the extremes of perfect competition and monopoly. Oligopoly firms might compete (noncooperative oligopoly) or cooperate (cooperative oligopoly) in the marketplace. Whereas firms in an oligopoly are price makers‚ their control over the price is determined by the level of coordination among them. The distinguishing characteristic of an oligopoly is that there are a few mutually interdependent firms that produce either identical products
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Press clippings Indian steel industry plays a significant role in the country’s economic growth. The major contribution directs the attention that steel is having a stronghold in the traditional sectors‚ such as infrastructure & constructions‚ automobile‚ transportation‚ industrial applications etc. Moreover‚ steel variant stainless steel is finding innovative applications due to its corrosion resistive property. India is the fifth largest steel producer at the global front and struggling to become
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A PROJECT REPORT ON “CARTELS IN AVIATION INDUSTRY” (Report submitted on July 12‚ 2011) SUBMITTED TO: COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA BY: PREETI MECHAN Vth YEAR GUJARAT NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY Email: preeti.mechan@gmail.com 1 DISCLAIMER This project report/dissertation has been prepared by the author as an intern under the Internship Programme of the Competition Commission of India for academic purposes only. The views expressed in the report are personal to the intern and do
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ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF INDUSTRY India Steel Industry Steel Companies in India The steel industry‚ in general‚ is on the upswing‚ due to strong growth in demand propelled particularly by the demand for steel in China. The world scenario coupled with strong domestic demand has benefited the Indian steel Industry. [pic][pic]During April-December 2004- 05‚ production of finished steel recorded a growth of 4 percent over the corresponding period of the previous year to reach 28.3 million tonnes
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Monopolies‚ Oligopolies and the Economy Monopoly is a term to describe an industry where a seller of a product or service does not have a competitor offering a close substitute. The word is derived from the Greek words monos (meaning one) and polein (meaning to sell). Rarely does a pure monopoly exist. In a pure monopoly there is only one company making and selling the item in question; however there can also be the situation where there is one company who has the bulk of sales and the other
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TOWN LEVEL BACKGROUND NOTE (DRAFT) ON JALNA Submitted to Urban India Reforms Facility TATA INSTITUTE of SOCIAL SCIENCES By Resources and Livelihoods Group‚ PRAYAS‚ Pune 1 Acknowledgements Preparation of this report would not have been possible without the cooperation and support extended by the Jalna Municipal council’s officers and councilors for the support they extended in the form of sharing data as well as exchanging views ‚ and also the experts from different fields
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Monopoly and Oligopoly Essay The Main characteristics of an oligopoly are that the supply of a product or products is concentrated in the hands of a few large suppliers‚ there could be thousands of small suppliers but the market is mainly dominated by around 4 or 5 large firms. For example firms Tesco‚ Asda‚ Sainburys and Morrisons‚ these are the 4 main supermarkets in the UK but there are thousands of small corner shops who provide some of the same goods the supermarkets do. Another characteristics
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Term Paper Monopoly vs. Oligopoly ECON101: Microeconomics Monopolies and Oligopolies are both marketing situations that are present in today’s economic system. Many people are aware of what a monopoly is and the federal government has even taken steps to make monopolies in the United States illegal. However many are unaware of the many oligopolies operating in the US economic system today. Monopolies and Oligopolies are similar but not
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An oligopoly describes a market situation in which there are limited or few sellers. Each seller knows that the other seller or sellers will react to its changes in prices and also quantities. This can cause a type of chain reaction in a market situation. In the world market there are oligopolies in steel production‚ automobiles‚ semi-conductor manufacturing‚ cigarettes‚ cereals‚ and also in telecommunications. Often times oligopolistic industries supply a similar or identical product. These
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increases. Government policies: restrictions on advertising leading to surrogate ADVT.‚ polic ies which make it difficult for expansion of companies. Access to distribution channels: cost of distribution in this industry needs to be looked at logically. If firms in this industry carries significant costs from distribution which are then reflected in their prices to customers‚ the customers will choose the competition. Suppliers product differentiation/ SWITCHING COSTS OF BUYERS: the development
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