the exclusive right of the authors of original writings and artistic works to sell or in any way reproduce their works for their lifetime plus 50 years
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copyrights
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two or more companies involved in different steps of the production process
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vertical merger
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a market dominated by a few large firms
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oligopoly
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earn the most profit
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price
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government grants the right to operate without competition
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government licenses
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results of competition are
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more and better products at lower prices, more jobs, more efficient use of resources and higher wages
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restrains trade
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collusion
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inventor has legal right to a new product or idea exclusively for 17 years
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patents
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when one business buys another
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merger
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combines two or more unrelated companies under a single management
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conglomerate merger
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efficient and supported by law
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legal monopolies
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work to differentiate their products and seek the best combination of price and production quantity, each is dependent on what the others do
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businesses in an oligopoly
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4 P's of marketing
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product, price, promotion, place
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single seller, no close substitutes, barriers to entry
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monopoly
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two or more companies engaged in the same business
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horizontal merger
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seek the right price to charge for their products
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price searchers
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the process of making products unique, occurs in many areas
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differentiation
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market with one seller
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monopoly
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price fixing is a form of what
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collusion
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accept the price determined by market and decide how much to produce
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price takers
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a market with many sellers selling similar but not identical products, competition very intense
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monopolistic
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special design, name or symbol that identifies a product service or company, competitors cannot use identical or similar symbols
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trademarks
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companies work together on a project their maintain independence