Group boycotting is a term associated with real estate. It is a real estate brokerage business which involves a claim that two or more real estate firms have agreed to refuse to cooperate on less favorable terms, with a third firm.
Reasons for group boycotting in real estate are :
Prevent a firm from entering a market or to disadvantage an existing competitor are also illegal.
Implement an illegal price-fixing agreement
Therefore, group boycotting is an example of four brokers who decided to collaborate and refuse to show any of the properties listed by a new broker in the area in an effort to force the new broker out of business.
Retained earnings have no flotation costs, but have opportunity costs. For example, if companies distribute the earnings to shareholders, shareholders can invest the funds in alternative sources for returns.
Determining salesperson targets and incentives is a preproduction service in a value chain that requires forecasts to gain customers in the value chain.