A monopoly is a market structure where there is merely one manufacturer/supplier for a product. The lone business is the industry. Entrance into such a market is controlled based on elevated costs or additional obstacles‚ which may be‚ political social or economic. In an oligopoly‚ there are simply a limited number of firms that create an industry. This top quality assemblage of firms has control over the price in addition to a‚ monopoly; an oligopoly also has extraordinary obstacles to admittance
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competition and oligopoly affect price and output determination in these market structures. Both monopolistic competition (MPC) and oligopoly generally determine price and output based on the profit-maximising condition that marginal cost (MC) equals to marginal revenue (MR). Due to the different features of both monopolistic competition and oligopoly such as the barriers to entry (BTE)‚ which affects the number of sellers as well as market power‚ nature of product and possibility of enjoying economies
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Current Trend in Computer Industry and How the World Would Become after 5 years from now. Introduction Kim: Hello and welcome to Computerworld.com. Today my partner‚ Avril and I will discuss about the current trend in computer industry. We are also going to predict what the world would become after 5 years from now based on the trend in computer industry nowadays. Avril: Before discussing any further about the topic we really need to understand what is “Computer Industry”. Therefore here is a short
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Differentiating Between Market Structures in Kudler ECO 365 Differentiating Between Market Structures in Kudler As a hired consultant a market analysis is performed for the Kudler Fine Food Virtual Organization. To gain full review of the company ’s potential the organization’s strategic plan‚ marketing overview‚ customer ’s views‚ and market surveys are reviewed. The information will allow an understanding of the company ’s competitiveness within the industry. The market structure that best relates
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Market structure : there are a number of different buyers and sellers in the marketplace. This means that we have competition in the market‚ which allows price to change in response to changes in supply and demand. Furthermore‚ for almost every product there are substitutes‚ so if one product becomes too expensive‚ a buyer can choose a cheaper substitute instead. In a market with many buyers and sellers‚ both the consumer and the supplier have equal ability to influence price. In some industries
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there is a threat of bird flu which is a deadly disease spreading among chickens‚ the demand for chickens will decrease and the demand curve will shift to the left as shown in the figure 1. As a result‚ the equilibrium market price will decrease from P1 to P2 and the equilibrium market quantity will decrease from Q1 to Q2 in the short run. Q.5.1 b) Figure 2: As the poultry in country X is perfectly competitive with the supply of chicken coming from both domestic firms and farms located
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MARKET STRUCTURE AND COMPETITION EXERCISES Exercise 1: The own firm’s price elasticity is a measure that evaluates how the firm’s demand changes when it alters the price of the good or service offered‚ given that the rest of the variables remain fixed. While the cross-price elasticity measures how a firm’s demand changes when some other firm alters its price. Therefore‚ the second term considers the existence of interrelated firms in the market‚ that is‚ the fact that one firm’s actions affect
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1) Explain the terms ‘Monopoly’ and ‘Monopolistic Competition’ (4 marks) Monopoly A monopoly is a market structure in which a single company or individual owns all or nearly all of the market for a given type of product or service with no or close substitute. This would happen in the case that there is a barrier to entry into the industry that allows the single company to operate without competition (for example‚ vast economies of scale‚ barriers to entry‚ or governmental regulation)
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export in 1993‚ with a modest quantity & value‚ GFC is now exporting its products to the tune of US$ 12 million annually to more than 30 countries in the World. GFC fans became an instant success due to their quality and durability in the entire markets share these were introduced including countries in Asia‚ Middle East‚ and Africa & Europe. GFC became the first electric fan manufacturing company to win Export Trophy Award in Pakistan. Now‚ GFC has won its 12th Export Trophy Award. GFC also
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Staples Market Structure ECO/365 August 1‚ 2012 Moises Rodriguez Abstract “Market structure refers to the physical characteristics of the market within which firms interact.” Currently the office supply market is saturated and the competition is tight. The leading contenders for this type of market are Staples and Office Depot‚ but there are many choices available to consumers looking to get the most value for office supplies. It is ironic that both Staples and Office Depot opened
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