Introduction of Company The word Samsung means "three stars" in Korean. Samsung is known globally for its electronic products and it is one of the successful brands in the electronic industry. It is an established company almost all around the world. While the Samsung Electronics is a South Korean multinational electronics and information technology company headquartered in Samsung Town‚ Seoul. It is the flag ship subsidiary of the Samsung Group. With assembly plants and sales networks in
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corporations in that they are an oligopoly (Brown‚ 2010). According to Colander (2010)‚ “An oligopoly is a market structure in which there are only a few firms and these firms explicitly take other firms’ likely response into account when making decisions.” Furthermore‚ given that Oligopolistic firms are few‚ they are interdependent of each other and can either be collusive or noncollusive. It is this interdependence amongst the firms that distinguish them as an oligopoly vice a competitive monopoly
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and sellers regarding prices‚ product characteristics‚ and production techniques (Duffy‚ 1993.) Economists distinguish among four different market structures‚ which they refer to as perfect competition‚ monopoly‚ monopolistic competition‚ and oligopoly. This paper will discuss the following market structures characteristics‚ how is the price determined‚ how is the output determined‚ if there are any barriers and what role does each market structure play in the economy. Based on the differing outcomes
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operating systems for all PC’s (“Microsoft.com”‚ n.d.). Market Structures There are four types of market structures‚ Monopoly‚ Perfect Competition‚ Monopolistic Competition‚ and Oligopoly. They are differentiated by the number of firms in the industry‚ barriers to entry‚ pricing power of the firm‚ output decisions interdependence‚ and whether products are homogeneous (Colander‚ 2013). Monopoly A monopoly is a situation in which there is a single producer or seller of a product for which there are not
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What is the literature of state centric realism? What are the challenges of this state centric realism? Transnational relationships State Centric realism Actors as states in the stage that is the world. States are the only important actors. Mixed actor system- What characteristics define an actor‚ what allows us to say that particular group is an actor‚ while another is not‚ what makes an actor significant? Traditional view on international relations‚ which does rely on states‚ and
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or provide services to be sold (BPP‚ 2010). Through learning‚ researches and activities‚ it is clear that different organizations response to their business environment in a unique different way. The competitive market leads to structure such as oligopoly where many buyers and sellers involve in trade of similar products making average profit. The non-competitive market structures leads to monopoly with high barriers controlling new entrants‚ and with equilibrium profit or higher monopoly profit.
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Four-Firm Concentration Ratio Definition of the Four- Firm Concentration Ratio This is one of the most common concentration ratios. The four-firm concentration ratio is commonly used to indicate the degree to which an industry is oligopolistic and the extent of market control held by the four largest firms in the industry. How would you describe an industry with 20 firms and the CR is 20% and its implications?
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B. Answers to Short-Answer‚ Essays‚ and Problems 1. What are the major features of monopolistic competition compared to pure competition and pure monopoly? In monopolistic competition‚ there are a relatively large number of firms‚ not the thousands of firms as in pure competition. The monopolistically competitive firms produce differentiated products‚ not the standardized products of pure competition. Product differentiation means that monopolistic competitors engage in some price competition
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References: Berra‚ D. Y. (2012). How is McDonald’s considered a oligopoly? McDonald ’s ‚ 1. McDonald ’s-An Oligopoly. (2013‚ March 22). Retrieved from Libbyaanoosterr: http://libbyaanoosterr.wikispaces.com/McDonald%27s+-+An+Oligopoly McDonald ’s-Our Story. (2013‚ March 22). Retrieved March 22‚ 2013‚ from McDonald ’s: http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/our_story.html
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