Barriers to entry: In theories of competition in economics‚ barriers to entry are the obstacles and hindrances that make it difficult for a company to enter a given market or industry. The most common barriers to entry include government regulation and economies of scale‚ but nowadays it is increasing for entry barriers to be viewed as a cost. Stigler defined barriers to entry as “A cost of producing which must be borne by a firm which seeks to enter an industry but is not borne by firms already
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Introduction The spectrum of market structures varies diversely from highly competitive markets where there are a large number of buyers and sellers‚ each of whom having little or no power to alter the market price to a situation of pure monopoly where a market or an industry consists of one single supplier who enjoys considerable control over the market price‚ unless specific restrictions are placed directly by the government. A market structure such as the Chicken Meat Industry can be deemed
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one firm in the industry‚ and hence no competition from within the industry. In the middle come monopolistic competition‚ where there are quite a lot of firms competing and where there is freedom for new firms to enter the industry‚ and oligopoly‚ where there are only a few firms and where entry of new firms is restricted. To distinguish more precisely between these four categories‚ the following must be considered: The freedom with which firms can enter the industry. The nature of the product The
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in addition to the educational value of the college degree. c) The total of explicit costs that have been incurred in the past. d) The total of implicit costs that have been incurred in the past. Ans: B 2. You have invested about $100‚000 in a new (hopefully) trendy restaurant in an urban location. These costs have gone to purchase the restaurant‚ prepay insurance for the following year and purchase supplies for the restaurant. It will cost you an additional $10‚000 per year to hire each
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Study: GEICO Case Study: GEICO GEICO was founded in 1936 in San Antonio‚ Texas by Leo and Lillian Goodwin. “In the mid-1930s‚ at the height of the Great Depression‚ there weren ’t many people with the foresight and courage to start up a new company. Yet the husband and wife team were up to the challenge” (GEICO‚ 2011). The company was established to provide auto insurance for governmental employees in the United States. GEICO was based on the idea governmental employees were safer and
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publishing as Prentice Hall Operation Processing 5 Flow Times in White Collar Processes Source: J. Blackburn Industry Process Average Flow Time Theoretical Flow Time Flow Time Efficiency Life Insurance New Policy A pplication 72 hrs. 7 min. 0.16% Consumer Packaging New Graphic Design Consumer Loan 18 days 2 hrs. 0.14% 24 hrs. 34 min. 2.36% Hospital Patient Billing 10 days 3 hrs. 3.75% A utomobile Manufacture Financial Closing 11 days 5 hrs 5.60% Commercial Bank
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1) Do you agree with Virgin Mobile’s target market (14 to 24-year-olds) selection? What are the risks associated with targeting this segment? Why have the major carriers been slow to target this segment? - As a group‚ we all agreed to this TM. We find this strategy suit extremely well with virgins advertising budget‚ as niche market will mean that advertising can be specifically targeted towards the target market rather than as a whole. Specific media vehicles can be used such as interactive
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prices rise by 10 percent‚ the quantity purchased falls by 1 to 2 percent. In September 2005‚ the retail gasoline price was $2.90 a gallon‚ about $1.00 higher than in September 2004‚ but purchases of gasoline fell by only 35 percent. Source: The New York limes‚ October 13‚ 2005 1. Calculate the price elasticity of demand for gasoline implied by what most studies have found. (2.90-1.90/1.90)= 52.6 2. Compare the elasticity implied by the data for the period from September 2004 to September
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6.1a) A monopoly is facing the demand and marginal cost curves which is P = 12 - 0.002Q and MC = 3 + 0.001Q. When the demand curve is P = a- bQ‚ the marginal revenue curve will be MR = a- 2bQ ‚ therefore‚ MR = 12 - 0.004Q.(Refer to figure1) Figure 1 To maximize the profits‚ the company should produce at the output level where marginal revenue is equal to marginal cost. If the marginal revenue is higher than marginal cost‚ the firm can increase profit by producing more. If
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MS- 09: MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS- 09 Course Title : Managerial Economics Assignment Code : 9/TMA/SEM-II/2010 Coverage : All Blocks Attempt All the Questions. “A close relationship between management and economics has led to the development of managerial economics.” Explain this statement. BOOK NO 1 PAGE NO. 7 Managerial Economics consists of the use of economic modes of thought to analyse business situation Spencer and Siegelman have
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