Simon and His Managers Are Discussing the Unemployment, Inflation, and Interest-Rate

question 56

Multiple Choice

Simon and his managers are discussing the unemployment, inflation, and interest-rate trends that might affect their chain of sandwich shops over the next 12 months and the projected growth in the areas where the stores are located. The managers are studying the ________ forces in their organization's general environment.

• A) technological
• B) sociocultural
• C) political
• D) economic
• E) international

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Definitions:

Antitrust Policy

Government regulations designed to promote competition and prevent monopolies and other forms of market dominance that harm consumers.

Monopoly Power

The ability of a firm to control the market price and output of a product because it is the sole supplier in a market with high barriers to entry.

Sherman Antitrust Act

A landmark federal statute passed in the late 19th century to combat anticompetitive practices, reduce market monopolies, and maintain economic competition.

Standard Oil

A former American oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company established by John D. Rockefeller and partners in 1870, which came to dominate the oil industry and was later broken up in 1911 due to antitrust laws.