Firms Use Various Elements of Promotion to Build Sales of New

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True/False

Firms use various elements of promotion to build sales of new products, shore up sales of declining products, or combat competitors' promotional activity in the same marketplace.

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Definitions:

Purely Competitive Industry

A market structure where many firms offer products or services that are similar, allowing for free entry and exit, and ensuring no single firm can influence market prices.

Long-Run Adjustments

Changes in the scale of production or in the input mix used by firms in response to economic conditions over a period where all inputs can be varied.

Market Supply

The total amount of a product or service that is available for purchase at various price points in a market at a given time.

Perfectly Elastic

A situation where the demand or supply for a good or service is infinitely responsive to changes in price.