Answer:
A) A firm in an oligopolistic market has to consider its own impact on price when making production decisions
Explanation:
A perfectly competitive market is a market with many firms selling identical product. There are free entry and free exist and the decision of a firm does not affect the price in the market as all firms are price takers. Therefore, each firm is independent under perfectly competitive market and production decisions of a firm in a perfectly competitive market does not affect the price in the market nor will it cause any reaction from other firms.
However, Oligopolistic market is a market where there are few firms which are 3 or more firms but not more than 20 firms selling identical or differentiated product.. Firms in oligopolistic market are interdependent which implies that the decision of one firm can affect price and this can cause reaction from other firms and then lead to a price war. A price war occurs when each firm continually reduces its own price in order to increase its market share which causes other firms to react reducing their own prices and this will make none of the firms to gain in the end. In order to avoid the price war, each firm in an oligopolistic market has to consider its own impact on price when making production decisions.
Reputation.
If a company has a bad reputation of allowing the sale of counterfeit goods, buyers will not trust the site and will not buy from it.
Answer:
mediation
Explanation:
The Writers Guild of America and the film studios used a mediator when they started their negotiations. The mediator is an impartial third party that is present during the negotiations and tries to help both parties reach an agreement or settlement. The decisions taken by the mediator are not mutually binding so any party can accept or reject them. A mediator only helps to solve the problem, offers possible solutions, but shouldn't decide anything.
In order for the decisions taken by the third to be binding, the third party must be an arbitrator. In an arbitration process all parties involved must accept the decision of the arbitrator.
Answer:
(a) 0; 0
(b) $150 per hour; $16.67 per hour
(c) (b) $150 per hour; $53.57 per hour
Explanation:
(a) Number of hours = 125
Marginal cost = 0 (since service is cost less upto 200 hours)
Average cost = 0
(b) Number of hours = 225
Marginal cost = $150 per hour
Total cost = $150 × (225 - 200)
= $150 × 25
= $3,750
Average cost = Total cost ÷ Number of hours
= $3,750 ÷ 225
= $16.67 per hour
(c) Number of hours = 325
Marginal cost = $150 per hour
Total cost = $150 × (325 - 200)
= $150 × 125
= $18,750
Average cost = Total cost ÷ Number of hours
= $18,750 ÷ 325
= $53.57 per hour
