In: Economics
1. Barriers to entry enhance the market power of many business organizations because they make it difficult for would-be competing firms to enter into an established market. Describe each of the government barriers to entry set forth below:
a. Patents
b. Regulations
c. Business Taxes
1A. What are some basic economic pros and cons of government
regulation?
2. With your MBA in hand from Indiana Tech University and a few
years of experience under your belt, you have recently been hired
to serve as the business manager of a fairly large company. The
company faces very tough competition from one primary competitor,
and so you are tasked with recommending a strategy to try to
eliminate this competitor. Reviewing your coursework in MBA 5120,
your options come down to either limit pricing or
predatory pricing. Which pricing method will you
recommend, and explain why?
(Select only one pricing strategy; not both strategies or
combinations of both strategies.)
A. Is the pricing method you chose guaranteed to work? Explain why
or why not.