Monopoly is where only one company is providing a good and or service. Businesses may maximize profit in each market type by agreeing upon a lay down price. Perhaps businesses cannot agree upon a set price then the price is going to be above marginal cost. If the company is in competition with other companies in the same market, making decisions about prices, how they advertise, output, etc, can influence the profits of every, if not all companies in the same market. This is where management gets involved to ensure the company that their strategic way of thinking and planning can and will allow the company to gain
MGMT 4020 June 24, 2013 Homework Assignment #2 Competition is very high in the North American wholesale club industry. Every wholesale club wants to sell top-quality products at prices less than others in order to attract draw customers. And they all want to display low prices on pallets or inexpensive shelving, therefore, they have very low costs for store decor and fixtures, have comparatively low labor costs, and spent minimally on advertising and customer service. Five Forces Analysis 1. Bargaining Power of Buyers is moderate.
A monopolistic Competition market has many sellers and provides good substitutes but differentiates their products from other companies. The nature of competition in a monopolistic market focuses on marketing, special features and pricing (Colander, 2010). Kudler Fine Foods has only a few competitors in the market that offers the same products and service to its customers. This market structure has negative and positive effects. A positive effect of Kudler Fine Foods in a monopolistic market structure is that they lead in the market and can increase competition between companies and make massive profits by setting higher prices (Colander, 2010).
In Delaware however, no minimum capital is needed to incorporate, resulting in an inexpensive incorporation. In addition, the Delaware Corporate Dept provides a streamlined process to incorporate. The corporate officers never needs to step foot in the state and annual meetings can be held anywhere in the world. Unlike some states that require at least three people to fill official corporate roles, in Delaware, one person can be the officer, director and shareholding at the same time. But the major reasons for Delaware’s dominance in the incorporation of businesses, is due to the quality of Delaware’s courts and judges.
The second problem is that the company can charge whatever prices that they want, because there is no other companies to turn to with lower prices. So as you can see having a monopoly, not only hurts other businesses, but it hurts the consumer as well. It is very easy to take advantage of the consumer, when they have
Of the several regulatory bodies, which has the most affect on companies? Why? Do both public and nonpublic or not-for-profit organizations comply with the regulations of all regulatory bodies? Why or why not? Are there gray areas?
Understand product liability issues and recotnize contractual and non-contractual liability in business transactions. 4. Locate government resources, programs and legislation that impact international trade and investment. 5. Recognize situations in which legal advice should be obtained.
In perfect competition, there are many sellers and individual buyers, there is also perfect freedom of entry and exit from the industry, with firms supplying homogenous products that can be perfect substitutes of each other. There is also perfect knowledge and consumers have all information about prices and products. Contestability is the idea that firms have the freedom of entry into an industry and the costs of exit are low and hence such a market is likely to have potential new suppliers which bring competition to the market. For a market to be contestable, there must be an absence of sunk costs (ie. costs that have been committed by a business and cannot be recovered once a firm has entered the industry), access to technology, low consumer
When Kudler makes business improvements, it causes their competitors to either imitate them or get out of the business. Some negative effects a monopolistic competition has on Kudler Fine Foods is that in the long run, profits even out and the company will maintain equilibrium. Entry to this industry is relatively seamless. As new competitors enter the market, the demand curve shifts to the left which thereby reduces economic profit. Productive efficiency is absent in the monopolistic competition.
In a highly competitive business world, on a firm’s priority list is the subject of increasing profit and reducing cost. One might than pose the question, has this put them out of business (mom and pop store)? The answer is absolutely not, but rather, they too benefit from cheaper prices as they continue to buy in bulk and continue to operate as the name suggest, convenient