Cooperating with Competitors

question 45

Multiple Choice

Cooperating with competitors:

• A) reduces competition in the market.
• B) creates confusion among customers and often leads them to delay their purchases.
• C) helps lower the entry barriers of the industry, thus allowing new entrants to bring in their own formats.
• D) curbs network effects by discouraging complementary products.
• E) results in the creation of several new formats, thus intensifying format wars.

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