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Economics
12th Grade
11/18/2010

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Homogeneous product
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products are the same or similiar
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homogeneous product
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easily substituted
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heterogeneous product
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differentiated product;real or perceived differences exists
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unique product
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one of a kind; no close substitute exist
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barriers to entry
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factors that inhibit the entry or exit of firms into or out of an industry; geography,high advertising costs, high costs of capital outlay
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price-taker
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a firm that acepts the market price determined by supply and demand
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price leadership
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action take by an industry leader to raise the price; other large firms follow suit
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price setter
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a firm that has contor over the price of the prduct it sells;no competition
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non-price competition
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firms complete on the basis of factors other that price, style, quality, special. may be the percieved differences communicated via advertising
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pure competition ex.....
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