A2 - Business - The relationship between business and the competitive environment

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Competitive structure
The number and strength of competing firms in an industry and the ease of entry for new competitors
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Monopolistic competition
A competitive industry with many firms, easy to enter and good knowledge amongst consumers about prices and product but with each firm producing differentiated products.
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Oligopoly
Industry with competition amongst a relatively few businesses.
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Monopoly
In theory, an industry with just one supplier but the UK and EU definition is of a firm with at least 25% market share or a legal monopoly
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Collusion
Firms working together - called a cartel - a fix prices or agree on output levels to reduce competition.
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Competition policy
Aims to prevent the abuse of monopoly power so that competition in markets is not restricted.
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Card 2

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A competitive industry with many firms, easy to enter and good knowledge amongst consumers about prices and product but with each firm producing differentiated products.

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Monopolistic competition

Card 3

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Industry with competition amongst a relatively few businesses.

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Card 4

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In theory, an industry with just one supplier but the UK and EU definition is of a firm with at least 25% market share or a legal monopoly

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Card 5

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Firms working together - called a cartel - a fix prices or agree on output levels to reduce competition.

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