market dominance
Commanding market share
Market dominance is the position a company holds when it controls a large share of its industry, giving it power to set prices, dictate terms, or squeeze out competitors.
Regulators scrutinize market dominance for antitrust violations: The tech giant's market dominance drew attention from federal investigators.
A firm with market dominance shapes the landscape others must navigate.
- cartelPrice-fixing coalition
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
- predatory pricingBelow-cost selling to eliminate competition
- price warCompeting via discounts
- antitrust lawsRegulations preventing corporate monopolies
collusion · cornering · lock-in · captive audience · vertical integration · economies of scale · barriers to entry · stranglehold · brand loyalty · price fixing · too big to fail · control · consumer protection laws · crushing · killer instinct · playing hardball · titan · price sensitivity
- market economicsmonopoly, oligopoly, perfect competition, duopoly, monopsony
- business strategystrategy, competitive advantage, profitability, differentiation, strategic planning
- market rivalryrivalry, rivals, competitors, competition, price war
- monopoliesmonopoly, Standard Oil, AT&T, De Beers, Ma Bell
- monopolymonopoly, monopolization, antitrust, sole supplier, natural monopoly
- business wrongsunfair competition, passing off, predatory pricing, price fixing, bid rigging
market dominanceperfect competition
Frictionless market ideal
fair competition · level playing field · free competition · competitive market · open competition