Assumptions of Perfect Competition The model of perfect competition is built on four assumptions: • Firms are price takers. There are so many firms in the industry that each one produces an insignificantly small portion of total industry supply‚ and therefore has no power whatsoever to affect the price of the product. It faces a horizontal demand ‘curve’ at the market price: the price determined by the interaction of demand and supply in the whole market. • There is complete freedom of entry
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Since the 12th century and the escalation of separate owner / managed business organizations‚ the assumption that firms maximises profits has been at the forefront of economic theory. Cyert and Hedrick (1972) stated:"The unmodified neoclassical approach is characterised by an ideal market with firms for which profit maximisation is the single determinant of behaviour. Thus predictions can readily be made by combining the description of the market with the results of maximisation of the relevant Lagrangian
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NUCOR MEMORANDUM To: F. Kenneth Iverson and Management Team of Nucor Corporation CC: AGSM Faculty Teams Subject: Investment Decision Date: 04/22/2009 From: 1713898 The Situation In 1986‚ flat sheet segment contained 52% of US total steel market1. Nucor Corporation‚ which is a steel minimill well-known for its leadership‚ efficient operation and well-structured compensation‚ is showing the interest in the flat sheet segment. At the same time‚ there are many new thin-slab casting technologies to
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October 15‚ 1995 Dear Kirk‚ Thank you for the opportunity to be part of this exciting project. Per your request I have evaluated the options for enhancing the production capacity to maintain and further develop our market share. The semiconductor market in business communication is expected to have a compound average growth rate of almost 18% over the next five years. Our current market share within this segment is slightly more than 7%‚ and management wants to see the share of the market
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Dear sir/mam‚ I am a student of MBA. I am conducting a research on the topic “An in-depth study on brand switching behavior of youngsters in branded apparel industry”. I would be thankful to you if you can give your precious time in response to this questionnaire. The data provided by you will be kept confidential and used for academic purpose only. 1. How often do you purchase apparels? Weekly (5-8 days) Half monthly (15-20 days) Monthly (25-30 days) depends on season 2. How much
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Price fixing assignment: 1. Why is price fixing an offense? Price fixing my cause market failures and distortions as it harms competition in a free market. This in turn adversely affects economic efficiency and consumer welfare. In India‚ price fixing and other such activities that have an adverse effect on competition are offense under Competition Act‚2002. In US‚ price fixing can be prosecuted as a criminal federal offense under section 1 of Sherman Antitrust Act. 2. What are the implications
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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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Q.5.1 a) Figure 1: Where 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
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Chapter 04 Demand 10. The long-run price elasticity of demand for a product is generally _________ the short-run elasticity for the same product. A. lower than B. equal to C. higher than D. not comparable to 11. Assume the demand function for skin care products is given by Q = 1‚000 – 20 P + 5I. If P=$25 and I=$1‚000 currently‚ then: A. skin care products are a normal good. B. the elasticity of demand is equal to 11. C. skin care products are inferior. D. The price is too high
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