Whether Buyer Bargaining Power Poses a Strong or Weak Source

question 17

Multiple Choice

Whether buyer bargaining power poses a strong or weak source of competitive pressure on industry members depends in part on

• A)the degree to which buyers have any bargaining preferences and the extent to which buyers are price sensitive.
• B)how many buyers are engaged in collaborative partnerships with sellers.
• C)whether entry barriers are high or low and the size of the pool of likely entry candidates.
• D)whether the overall quality of the items being furnished by industry members is rising or falling.
• E)whether demand-supply conditions represent a buyer's market or a seller's market.

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Definitions:

Average Total Cost

The total cost of production divided by the total output or quantity of goods produced.

Downward-sloping Market Demand Curve

This concept depicts the inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded in a market, indicating that higher prices typically lead to lower quantities demanded, and vice versa.

Marginal Revenue

The additional income received from selling one more unit of a good or service; it's a critical concept in business and economics for understanding how to maximize profit.

Economies of Scale

Cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to their scale of operation, resulting in the cost per unit of production decreasing with increasing scale.