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Economics
12th Grade
11/19/2009

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Homogenous product
Definition
products that are the same o similar; easily substituted.
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Heterogenous product
Definition
products that are the same or similar; easily substituted.
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Price leadership
Definition
action taken by industry leader (i.e. Nike) to raise the price; other large firms follow suit.
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Price setter
Definition
a firm that has contorl over the price of the product sales; no competetion
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Anti-trust legislation
Definition
Bills and acts designed to monitor and regulate big business, prevent monopolies
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Price taker
Definition
a firm that takes the market price determined by supply and demand
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Personal propriotorship
Definition
the oldest, complest, most common form of business orgainzation in the United States
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Merger
Definition
when one company joins with or absorbs another
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conglomerate merger
Definition
when a merger consists of companies that produce unrealted products.
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Partnerships
Definition
Type of business where multiple people own an operate a business. Two types: General and Limited.
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