market control
Cornering the supply
Market control is the power to influence prices, supply, or competition within a particular market.
A company with significant market control can set prices without losing customers to competitors: The tech giant's market control allows it to dictate terms to suppliers.
Governments may regulate industries to prevent excessive market control, which can harm consumers through inflated prices or reduced choices.
- antitrust lawsRegulations preventing corporate monopolies
- trade regulationsRules governing commercial exchange
- fair tradeEquitable exchange between parties
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
- price ceilingsMandated maximum allowable charges
predatory pricing · price war · price floors · quotas · subsidies · tariffs · licensing requirements · barriers to entry · vertical integration · taxation policies · economies of scale · brand loyalty · environmental regulations · consumer protection laws · price fixing · cartel · supply chain · dumping
- monopoliesmonopoly, Standard Oil, AT&T, De Beers, Ma Bell
- monopolymonopoly, monopolization, dominance, antitrust, sole supplier
- corporate strategymergers, acquisitions, divestitures, divestiture, synergies
- business combinationsmergers, cartels, conglomerates, consortiums, holding companies
- business consolidationmerger, mergers, acquisition, acquisitions, takeover
- guildsguild hall, guild, craft guilds, guild halls, guildhall
market controlfree competition
Unrestricted commercial rivalry
free market · laissez-faire · deregulation · economic freedom · free enterprise
market controlperfect competition
Frictionless market ideal
competitive market · free competition · open competition · competitive pricing · level playing field
market controllaissez-faire economics
Minimal state economic involvement
neoliberalism · Austrian economics · spontaneous order · invisible hand · voluntarism
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