TABLE OF CONTENS Task 3.1-2. market structures determine the pricing and output decisions of businesses and the way in which market forces shape organisational 2 How to Maximize Profit Using Total Revenue and Total Cost 2 Market structures 3 Market forces 5 Task3.3 the business and cultural environments shape the behaviour of a selected organisation 6 Task 4.1. the significance of international trade to UK business organisations 7 Task 4.2.the impact of global factors on UK business
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No‚ monopolies and Oligopolies are not always bad. Consider an example of a natural monopoly that emerges out of increased sales and increased capacity hence enjoying economies of scale and a further decrease in unit cost that is passed to the consumer. Government monopolies
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Starbuck‚ W. H. and P. C. Nystrom. ’Designing and understanding organizations ’. In Nystrom‚ P. C. and W. H. Starbuck (eds)‚ Handbook of Organizational Design‚ vol. 1‚ Oxford University Press‚ New York‚ 1981‚ pp. ix-xxii. Stigler‚ G. J. ’A theory of oligopoly ’‚ Journal of Political Economy‚ 72‚ 1964‚ pp. 44-61. Thompson‚ J. D. Organizations in Action‚ McGrawHill‚ New York‚ 1967. Thorelli‚ H. B. ’Networks: between markets and hierarchies ’‚ Strategic ManagementJouirnal‚7‚ 1986‚ pp. 37-51. Venkatraman
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previous week‚ our learning team began discussing the topic of market structures. According to our readings‚ there are four different types of market structures such as pure competition‚ a pure monopoly‚ a monopolistic competition‚ and an oligopoly. Each one of these market structures are diverse in definition‚ characteristics‚ and in application‚ which will be further explained later in detail. We had learned that each one of these four market structures can be applied to businesses
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APPLE INC. VS SAMSUNG In Australia‚ the electronic industry is dominated by oligopoly. The two companies from the electronic industry‚ Apple Inc. and Samsung‚ control more than 46% of the market share just from smartphones which gives them dominance that has led to increased difficulties for other firms to enter the market‚ decreased prices for consumers and higher profits. The competition between these two industries also has caused uproars in employment issues‚ court cases and copyright controversies
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fares between British Airways (BA) and Virgin Atlantic Airways (Virgin). The factors which contributed to its success will be discussed‚ as well as why‚ and its implications‚ of becoming public. To begin with‚ it would be beneficial to define both collusive behaviour and the nature of the competition involved in the aviation industry. Collusion is the act of a number of firms within an industry agreeing to set a certain price‚ output or another parameter and is almost always against the law. This is
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Introduction to the Bertrand Model The Bertrand model was developed by Joseph Bertrand to challenge Cournot’s work on non-cooperative oligopolies. Cournot’s model dealt with an N number of firms who will choose a specific quantity of output where price is a known decreasing function of total output. (About.com 2011) However‚ Bertrand’s argument was with regard to the setting of prices. He said the only factors influencing the price in an oligopolistic market were the firms themselves and therefore
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CHAPTER 25 Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly Topic Question numbers ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Monopolistic competition: definition; characteristics 1-17 2. Demand curve 18-24 3. Price-output behavior 25-78 4. Efficiency aspects 79-88 5. Oligopoly: definition; characteristics 89-112 6. Concentration ratio; Herfindahl Index 113-140 7. Game theory 141-156 8. Kinked-demand curve model 157-176
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Seminar 4 - Industrial Economics Week 16: beginning November 14th 2011 Price Competition and Bertrand Model Discussion Questions 1. Suppose firm 1 and firm 2 each produce the same product and face a market demand curve described by: Q = 5000 - 200P Firm 1 has a unit cost of production c1 equal to 6 whereas firm 2 has a higher unit cost of production c2 equal to 10. a. What is the Bertrand-Nash equilibrium outcome? b. What are the profits for each firm? c. Is this outcome efficient
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Competition for Viewers and Advertisers in a TV Oligopoly Hans Jarle Kind Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration Tore Nilssen University of Oslo Lars Sørgard Norwegian Competition Authority Abstract We consider a model of a TV oligopoly where TV channels transmit advertising and viewers dislike such commercials. We show that advertisers make a lower profit the larger the number of TV channels. If TV channels are sufficiently close substitutes‚ there will be underprovision
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