MARKET STRUCTURE Economists classify the market in different ways. In the main‚ types of markets are examined in four categories which are ‘monopoly‚ oligopoly‚ monopolistic competition and perfect competition’. There are some major features that separate these types of markets. A monopoly is a structure in which a single supplier produces and sells a given product. (E.g. IGDAS‚ ISKI‚ OPEC) If there is a single seller in a certain industry and there are not any close substitutes for the product
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has to be made regarding allocation of resources. In a capitalist economy decision about the allocation of resources are made through the free market price mechanism. A capitalist of free market economy uses impersonal forces of demand and supply to decide what quantities and thereby determining the allocation of resources. The producers in a free market economy motivated as they are by profit consideration take decisions regarding what goods are to be produce and in what quantity by taking into
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Market for Lemons Summary “The Market for ‘Lemons’: Quality uncertainty and the Market Mechanism” by George A. Akerlof dives into the economic theories regarding the uncertainty of quality. The article starts off using the new and used car market as an illustration for what it calls “The Lemon Theory”. According to Akerlof‚ there are really four types of cars‚ new or used and good or lemon‚ with lemons as a word for poor quality good or service. The lemon theory states that as the market evolves
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framework in India has sparked growth and key structural reforms have improved the asset quality and profitability of banks. Growing integration of economies and the markets around the world is making global banking a reality. Widespread use of internet banking has widened frontiers of global banking‚ and it is now possible to market financial products and services on a global basis. In the coming years globalization would spread further on account of the likely opening up of financial services under
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A2 Markets & Market Systems Contestable Markets | | affect the behaviour of businesses in the market-place.What is a contestable market?William Baumol defined contestable markets as existing where “an entrant has access to all production techniques available to the incumbents‚ is not prohibited from wooing the incumbent’s customers‚ and entry decisions can be reversed without cost.” For a contestable market to exist there must be low barriers to entry and exit so that there is always the
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reach the target market and access all the market desired‚ without the logistics issues‚ costs‚ and decreasing the trade risks. The disadvantage of using distributors is that Chocoberry may not know who is buying the healthy chocolate bar; consequently it cannot establish relationship with them. Another risk of using distributors is that the product might be advertised and priced in a way that is not advantageous for Chocoberry‚ causing reaching the wrong target market and losing market share. To find
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I. MARKET STRUCTURE We can classify firms by the roles they play in the target market: leader‚ challenger‚ follower‚ or nicher. Suppose a market is occupied by the firms shown in Figure 1.1. Forty percent of the market is in the hands of a market leader; another 30 percent is in the hands of a market challenger; another 20 percent is in the hands of a market follower‚ a firm that is willing to maintain its market share and not rock the boat. The remaining 10 percent is in the hands of market nichers
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can have the same ideologies or require a similar product.Target Marketing refers to a concept in marketing which helps the marketers to divide the market into small units comprising of likeminded people. Such segmentation helps the marketers to design specific strategies and techniques to promote a product amongst its target market. A target market refers to a group of individuals who are inclined towards similar products and respond to similar marketing techniques and promotional schemes. | |
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Characteristics of successful entrepreneurs 3. McGregor’s view was that theory X amounted to “treating people as children”. Should we deduce from this that a Theory X approach on part of teachers will produce the best results in the classroom? (10) Firstly‚ Theory X managers assume a number of things about the workers: they assume they don’t want to work‚ lack ambition and discipline is essential to make them work. For these reasons‚ the leadership style of theory X managers is autocratic- orders
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5. *THE IDENTIFIED MARKET SEGMENT(S) SHOULD VICTORIA MUSEUM PURSUE AND THE DERVICE THAT WILL BE OFFERED TO THE MARKET SEGMENT(S): Demographic/ socioeconomic segmentation is a good target for Victoria Children’s Museum(VCM). demographic/socioeconomic segmentation focuses on gender‚ age‚ income‚ occupation‚ education‚ household size‚ and stage in the family life cycle. In this case we choose local families‚ which is a good target market that most of the competitors have not offered yet.
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