L4M5 Exam Dumps : Commercial Negotiation

The coercive power comes from the belief that a person can punish others for non-compliance. It can be considered as opposite to reward power, which results from one person's ability to compensate or reward another for compliance.

LO 1, AC 1.3

Monopolistic competition exists in market where there are many competing producers but they will try to use product differentiation. Although their products may be very similar, their ability to differentiate means that they can act as monopolies in short run, irrespective of the actions of their competitors.

In perfect competition, there are no barriers to entry to the market or exit from the market. In monopolistic competition, there tend to be fewer barriers to entry or exit in these markets than inoligopolistic markets, but it doesn't mean that there are absolutely no barriers to entry in monopolistic competition.

In perfect competition, the demand curve is perfectly elastic, which means that it will be horizontal. Otherwise, in monopolistic competition market, the demand curve will have normal downward slope.

LO 2, AC 2.2

Contribution = Price - Variable cost

Break-even point (volume) = Fixed cost/Contribution