Week 4 Individual Assignment Market Structure Microeconomics 365 Week 4 Individual Assignment Market Structure Perfect competition Monopoly Monopolistic competition Oligopoly Example organization Grocery Stores (Piggly Wiggly) Alliant Energy Under Armor Ford Motor Company Goods or services produced by the organization Sells food and other house hold necessities Electric Power company Sporting Goods (clothing) Automobiles Barriers to entry Very low High Moderate
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Variables Depending on the number of sellers in any one industry‚ the differentiation of products and the barriers to entry‚ a market structure could be an oligopoly‚ monopoly‚ perfect competition‚ or a monopolistic competition. The price elasticity of demand ranges from relatively low in a monopolistic market to very high in a perfectly competitive market. The higher the price elasticity of demand‚ the more a modification in cost will affect demand for product. The Home Depot asserts various
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firm’s financial success will either diminish or flourish accordingly; the latter is usually the case regarding monopolistic competition market structures in the short run. Firms in this market structure must compete by using strategies‚ hiring skilled labor‚ evaluating their products‚ and differentiating their products to survive in the long run. Starbucks is an example of a monopolistic competitive firm that understands how that market structure works‚ thus giving them substantial profits in the
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producing a commodity and use most efficient technology available. * Distributes commodity purchase evenly. * Establishes capital justice respecting buyers and sellers negative rights. Similarly‚ the ethical standpoint in a Monopolistic Market : * Monopolistic markets and their high prices and profits violate capitalist justice because the seller charges more than the goods are worth. Thus‚ the prices the buyer must pay are unjust. * In addition‚ the monopoly market results in a decline
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Case 2 The Movie Industry in 2008 YU-TING‚ TSAI Do you like Movies? If I am the person to answer the question‚ I would definitely say yes. The reason why people like movies is that I can have a couple hours off without any other thoughts in mind. I really feel relax when I’m watching a movie. However‚ in the case it calls the movie industry was a study in contradiction. In the case it listed out few points. First‚ the numbers of theaters is declining‚ but the number of screens is at an all-time
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understand this phenomenon it’s necessary to first define productive and allocative efficiency in order to clearly recognize the conditions under which both of them can be achieved. Next‚ we should focus on how perfect competition differs from monopolistic competition‚ oligopoly and monopoly. This will allow us to see to what extent a firm’s resources allocation is simply determined by the market structure in which it performs. Such overview will clearly show why in the long-run‚ in terms of resource
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Author Note This paper was prepared for ECN 150‚ Module 6 Homework taught by Professor Danielle Babb. PART I SYSTEMS OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATION Economists assemble businesses into 4 different market structures: pure competition‚ pure monopoly‚ monopolistic competition‚ and oligopoly. These 4 market representations contrast in numerous respects: the quantity of companies in the industry‚ whether those companies create even merchandise or attempt to distinguish their merchandises from the products
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Perfect Competition In economic theory‚ perfect competition describes markets such that no participants are large enough to have the market power to set the price of a homogeneous product. Because the conditions for perfect competition are strict‚ there are few if any perfectly competitive markets. Still‚ buyers and sellers in some auction-type markets‚ say for commodities or some financial assets‚ may approximate the concept. Perfect competition serves as a benchmark against which to measure
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the most to do with determining the market structure. There are four defined market types. The first market structure is called the perfectly competitive market. The second market is called a monopoly market structure. The third market is called monopolistic competition market structure. The final market is called oligopoly market structure. Each market structure is different and both benefits and disadvantages to businesses. The perfectly competitive market is a market in which economic forces operate
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ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF E-COURSES Jeanne Schreurs ‚Universiteit Hasselt‚ Belgium ‚Rachel Moreau‚ Universiteit Hasselt‚ Belgium Abstract The EFQM model of quality management is a universal model and is applied in this paper in the school context for the organisation of e-courses. We identified some quality criteria in this EFQM school quality model. We defined a simplified e-learning EFQM model supporting the evaluation by the learner. Based on it a questionnaire has been structured that can
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